RE: [Bug 874] lsbinstall should not include -t package

"Wichmann, Mats D" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lsb.specification
Message-ID <A06801158AE07847B27A52C1A074BC1D07D76554@fmsmsx404.amr.corp.intel.com>
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>This whole "I Want to install packages the wrong way" issue is seperate
>from what lsbinstall was ever intended to do. As specificed, the tool
>could have been invoked recursively, which should be an 
>obvious red flag
>in and of itself.
>
>If someone wants to open a a seperate bug to request the package tool
>abstraction, that's fine, but we need to not confuse that with what
>lsbinstall is trying to solve (and avoid feature creep).

There's already such a bug.

I believe there was a desire to limit the number of new
commands being required, which may have been why this
got tossed into lsbinstall - perhaps the "lsbinstall"
command is poorly named since it implies that functionality.
(lsbpostinstall ?)
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