FS#2531 - pacman pkg should depend on cvsup?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Nikos Kouremenos (zeppelin) - Saturday, 09 April 2005, 13:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

pacman pkg ships abs which wants cvsup to run. [it won't crash it will inform the user :D]
shouldn't pacman pkg require cvsup then?
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 06:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  This way is more flexible -- not all pacman users use ABS. Pacman itself does not require cvsup.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 09 April 2005, 18:07 GMT
Nope, because we only include run dependencies in pacman. In fact, pacman doesn't have any dependencies, because the most important part, pacman, is provided as static version.
Comment by Nikos Kouremenos (zeppelin) - Saturday, 09 April 2005, 20:18 GMT
what about adding abs to another package then?
maybe the one with the devarchertools?
Comment by Łukasz Fibinger (lucke) - Sunday, 10 April 2005, 12:07 GMT
Why bother, if it actually informs user, that cvsup is needed for abs to sync? I guess we (i.e. Arch community) wanted to get rid of unneeded deps, why should we force it here? :-)
Comment by Nikos Kouremenos (zeppelin) - Sunday, 10 April 2005, 12:19 GMT
Ok I agree that abs informs the user about cvsup.
I just ask if this normal. Is it normal for a package to have an extra dependency and just inform the user to install it?
If yes (so pacman pkg is an exception of the whole logic of AL), close this bug
If not, then just leave only pacman in pacman pkg and make the other stuff in another pkg.

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