This is the mail archive of the
cygwin-apps
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
Re: setup and 'provides:'
Ken Brown writes:
> I created a test repo with packages A, B, and C. I made A require foo (not a
> package), and I made B and C provide foo. The attached script does all this
> [**]. I then ran setup and selected A for installation.
That really only makes sense if several packages provide the same
feature(s). So we'd need to bolt on a feature space in setup as well.
> The result was that libsolv simply chose B for installation, and setup showed
> this in the "Confirm" dialog. What I expected was that libsolv would report a
> problem ("A requires foo but no selected or installed packages provide it"),
> with two possible solutions ("Install B or C"). Is that expectation unreasonable?
Zypper would present you with a list of several potential solutions and
let you (incrementally if necessary) pick one of them. I doubt that
will work nicely with the current setup UI.
Regards,
Achim.
--
+<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+
SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2:
http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada