Re: .deb dependancy hell

From: Jonathan Dowland (jmtd_at_compsoc.dur.ac.uk)
Date: 01/28/04

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    On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
    > Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> writes:
    >
    > > RPM == DEB are of nearly equal capacity. It is the Packaging that
    > > Debian Uses and the Proper dependency checking it does.
    >
    > Yes. Whatever.

    Flippancy doesn't make people more inclined to help you in future...

    > If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in
    > the world are they two separate packages?
    >
    > But thanks to you and everyone else who pointed me to the solution.

    Perhaps they are maintained by seperate people, and seperate uploads /
    version hikes etc. are convenient. 

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Jon Dowland
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