Do I need avahi?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 29.07.2013 18:08, schrieb lee:
> Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> writes:
> 
>> Am 28.07.2013 23:35, schrieb lee:
>>> Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com> writes:
>>>> Nevertheless, I have seen various proposals for RPM to include the
>>>> concept of soft dependencies. But AFAIK, it hasn't happened so far.
>>>
>>> RPM doesn't support suggested packages?  Are you serious?
>>
>> *no*
> 
> So does it or not?

it does *not*

>> if whatever is *linked* against whatever library
>> the library need to be installed and loaded at
>> startup, if it is not installed the binary crashs
> 
> It doesn't crash, it only doesn't run

*wrong*

if something is linked against the avahi libraries
and they are not installed it will *crash*

that is why dependencies exists and if you want
software built with fewer dependencies which means
in doubt with fewer functionality dicuss it with the
maintainer or build your own RPM

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