[Bug 250364] Re: snapshot depends emacs22 - should only be emacs-snapshot

[Shelagh]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:26:14 -0000
kij <kijmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a specific reason why w3m-el-snapshot can't depend on emacs-
> snapshot - as well as emacs, emacs21 and emacs22 ?
> 
Because w3m-el-snapshot is specifically designed for the snapshot
emacsen. Why else have a special w3m-el-snapshot package?

It's possible that it *might* work with non snapshot packages, but I
suppose that for the reason that the normal w3m-el package doesn't work
with snapshot, they are incompatible.

My particluar beef is with the fact that emacs-snapshot-nox is not one
of its antecedents/dependencies whatever you wish to call it.

If I have emacs-snapshot-nox, I cannot install w3m-el-snapshot without
either installing equivs and making a fake package emacs so tricking it
into installing, or installing the whole x-server emacs with gtk
dependencies etc. Not at all what I wanted to do on a distro that is
supposed to be x free.

Can you explain why emacs-snapshot-nox is _not_ a dependency? I can
assure you that w3m-el-snapshot works fine without ordinary emacs as a
dependency.

Shelagh

Am I clear enough?

I would be happy to elaborate some more if I'm not.

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