[aur-general] bacula package

[Gerhard Brauer]

Gruesse!
* Gour <gour at mail.inet.hr> schrieb am [01.01.08 11:32]:
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:48 +0000
> <kalos at autistici.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > I packaged the latest version of Bacula, so I wish to publish it, but
> > there's  already an older package in AUR that I can't replace.
> 
> Thank you for your attempt to bring bacula packge up-to-date.
> 
> I'm installing it at the moment, but see that it has mysql deps.
> 
> Will it be possible to remove mysql dep and just inform user to install
> some database back-end 'cause  Bacula can use either MySQL, PostgreSQL
> or even SQLite, although, I agree, configuring Bacula with different
> back-ends involve some extra hacking?

I'm not a TU nor a developer, but:
Is is not the better way that all different SQL-Server have a
"sql-server" in provides field and packages like bacula only depend on
this?

This is IMHO the way that: man PKGBUILD show for such situations.

> Sincerely,
> Gour

Gerhard (gerbra at archlinux.de)


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