Yet another dependency question. cups & redhat-lsb ?
R P Herrold
herrold at owlriver.com
Thu Sep 28 17:14:19 UTC 2006
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Naoki wrote:
> # rpm -e cups
> error: Failed dependencies:
> /usr/bin/lp is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-10.3.x86_64
> /usr/bin/lpr is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-10.3.x86_64
>
> If nobody can see why redhat-lsb would need lp I'll file a
> request. I'd love to get server builds as cut down as
> possible.
These seem to be dragged in by part of attaining POSIX
conformance
see:
http://lists.freestandards.org/pipermail/lsb-wg/2005-April/000508.html
> 7. Commands added to align with POSIX: ed, logger, lp,
> mailx, pax
>
> Note that lp as a command does not imply the "System V lp"
> subsystem, and for example, the "lp" that cups already
> provides should be quite sufficient Note also that most
> distros appear to have a package called mailx, but they
> install the binary as Mail, we believe a simply symlink
> would meet the requirement.
-- Russ Herrold
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