RE: tlug: X resolution / color depth

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Scott> On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Matt Gushee wrote:
> 
>     >> So my idea of a more sensible approach would be to divide the
>     >> dependencies into 'required' and 'recommended' types. Then if
> 
>     Scott> I like the idea.  Unfortunately, I kind of need to wait for
>     Scott> Redhat to do this, since if *I* did it, I'd cause all sorts
>     Scott> of compatibility problems in TurboLinux with RPMs which
>     Scott> weren't built with this field..
> 
> Debian has had this for _years_.  What's more, it's quite
> fine-grained.  You can even "prerequire" a package without which the
> setup tools won't run.  (Eg, perl, if your install scrpts are perl.)

rpm has that, now (as of 2.4.10 at least).

> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April Sat, Tokyo Station Yaesu gate 12:30
> Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> a word from the sponsor:
> TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System
> www.twics.com  info@example.com  Tel:03-3351-5977  Fax:03-3353-6096
> 

--------------------------------------------------
Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


---------------------------------------------------------------
Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April Sat, Tokyo Station Yaesu gate 12:30
Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
---------------------------------------------------------------
a word from the sponsor:
TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System
www.twics.com  info@example.com  Tel:03-3351-5977  Fax:03-3353-6096