From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 108970 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2016 10:35:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 108959 invoked by uid 89); 7 Oct 2016 10:35:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Repin, Andrey, andrey, repin X-HELO: forward1p.cmail.yandex.net Received: from forward1p.cmail.yandex.net (HELO forward1p.cmail.yandex.net) (77.88.31.16) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Oct 2016 10:35:07 +0000 Received: from smtp1m.mail.yandex.net (smtp1m.mail.yandex.net [77.88.61.132]) by forward1p.cmail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 0AB4C20BED; Fri, 7 Oct 2016 13:35:05 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp1m.mail.yandex.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1m.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 2752463C0CDA; Fri, 7 Oct 2016 13:35:03 +0300 (MSK) Received: by smtp1m.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id hsRAsTYarr-Z3mqF94B; Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:35:03 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Authentication-Results: smtp1m.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Fri, 07 Oct 2016 10:31:08 -0000 Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:04:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <892577849.20161007133108@yandex.ru> To: Linda Walsh , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Blocking a base package from installing In-Reply-To: <57F6E725.9090001@tlinx.org> References: <878tu1qtes.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <57F6966E.4050303@tlinx.org> <874m4pqp27.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <57F6E725.9090001@tlinx.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-10/txt/msg00094.txt.bz2 Greetings, Linda Walsh! > Achim Gratz wrote: >> Now, that last question of yours: No, the package manager should never >> allow you to not install a base package. These are in category "Base" >> precisely so the rest of the system can rely on the functionality >> provided. [snip] > But back to the 1st Q. What other programs will fail to work > if the base-version of vim isn't installed? The question is not about vim, the question is about base category in general. It's vim only now, tomorrow it'll be something else. You have to stop and draw the line somewhere, if you, as a package maintainer, want a predictable behavior for all future installations. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, October 7, 2016 13:28:54 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple