[252] in athena10
Re: OpenAFS modules metapackages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Fri Jun 20 10:51:09 2008
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:48:45 -0700
From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
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To: Timothy G Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>
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Timothy G Abbott wrote:
> I think at least 5 machines are using our modules with -server; I'm
> not aware of any using them on -xen at the moment, but it seems
> harmless to build them.
*waves* I use the -xen modules, on both personal servers and on a few
SIPB servers as well. It's very useful to have them
> I think integrating the installer is probably the right place. For
> existing machines, I'm afraid we may have to convince users to install
> the right one.
So...how clever is aptitude exactly? If all of the metapackages
Provides: openafs-modules-meta and debathena-locker Depends: (or maybe
Recommends:) openafs-modules-meta, is aptitude clever enough to resolve
that Depends in a way that minimizes the number of packages that need to
be installed?
> -Tim Abbott
- Evan
