NetworkManager package oddity

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/23/13 22:18, Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 07/23/2013 09:17 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> On 07/23/2013 09:05 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> On 07/23/13 21:54, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn Requires: NetworkManager-openvpn
>>>>
>>>> not the other way around.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, well...  What I'm getting at is that if you're either a novice,
>>> or you're not thinking, and you have a pure KDE system installed and
>>> you think you need to install NetworkManager-openvpn to get access to
>>> openvpn management you'll be left scratching your head when it doesn't
>>> show up.
>>
>> I guess one response is novices or 'those not thinking' shouldn't be
>> removing random packages in the first place then. :)
>
> There's a chance that adding a conditional to comps *may* help here. I'll look into that option.
>

Ouch....  That hurt.   :-) :-)

OK.   Just to be "clear", I am thinking of a situation where OpenVPN support isn't installed and some "fool" thinks it is enough to simply add NetworkManager-openvpn.


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