Anton Aylward wrote:
Per Jessen said the following on 03/06/2013 10:53 AM:
mt_st is a separate package.
OK, I'll drop the sarcasm: Why isn't 'mt' in a separate package then?
Possibly because 'mt_st' is? I mean, if nobody uses the 'mt' supplied with cpio, but always use the one from 'mt_st" instead, why bother changing the packaging? I don't know - I'm pretty certain I have only ever used mt_st, and I actually use quite a few tapes. I have an elderly StorageTek L180 with six drives downstairs.
Both CPIO and TAR can be used without a mag tape. In fact CPIO is used, as I pointed out, in packaging a lot of stuff very intimately concerned with the kernel and booting.
The initrd for instance. Sure. It's very versatile.
If 'mt' has to be packaged with something, then putting it with TAR makes more sense than putting it with CPIO.
if 'mt_st' is packaged separately, why can't 'mt' be packaged separately?
Nobody has claimed it can't.
I know the answer to that; it *CAN*. On my Mageia system it is. When I get to it I'll check my Fedora system.
So: why, why why?
I'm sure we can find other packaging and dependency inanities
I'm sure we can, but why bother? I mean, do you see any significant issue in 'mt' not being packaged by itself? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org