Virtual (meta-) packages

[Jani Tiainen]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:08:04AM +0300, Jani Tiainen wrote:
> 
>>Could setup be extended (or even used in current form) to have virtual 
>>packages that could install some basic tools as a whole working 
>>combination, like X11 server? More or less like it is done in Debian (my 
>>favourite Linux distribution)
>>
>>I recently wondered where my X11 start scripts went and found out that 
>>I've missing startup-scripts. It would be more convenient to have 
>>virtual package that installs "all" for that first time so you don't 
>>have to know what you're installing... It would be helpful.
> 
> 
> If you want all of the X packages then click on the "Default" next to
> the X11 category in "Select Packages" dialog until it says "Install".

Not all, but working set. With Debian there is lot's of virtual packages 
that works for great startpoint for different jobs. They in most cases 
install set that will work or help to make bigger task to work. Like 
X11, basic C-developement tools, gnome, kde etc. environment....

Basically this works now, only thing is to ensure that setup.exe can 
accept packages that don't install themselves but instead they just 
pickup other packages for installation.

Would be more convenient for me, and I quess that for someone else too...

-- 

Jani Tiainen


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