Linux RPM builds

[Wookey]

On Wed 18 Oct, Olly Betts wrote:


> (b) Some users may not have X installed and would rather just install
> cavern and the printer drivers.  The same workaround as (a) works.

> I imagine that few (if any) are in category (b), so perhaps the `--nodeps'
> approach is reasonable here.  But perhaps we should have a separate
> survex-aven-0.95 RPM with aven in, which can be installed in addition to
> the base survex RPM?  We could have a similar extra RPM for xcaverot, but I
> wonder if the additional complication is worth it.

> Any thoughts?

On my main linux box here the X stuff doesn't really work properly (and the
TV is tiny) so I never use it. I run datasets on the linux box and use RISCOS
caverot to view the results (over NFS). (Riscos caverot is also much faster
than all other caverots and easier to drive than xcaverot).

So I'd appreciate being able to install it in text-only mode. Conversely the
machine does have X so it's not really an issue, and I'm slowly migrating to
a better (debian,faster) box that has real working graphics, and finally I'm
sure Ol has better things to worry about than this.

Do RPMs allow a 'recommends' or 'suggests' type dependency, or just simple
'requires'?

Wookey
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