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Subject: Re: Intent to package BigBrother network monitor
From: "Jules Bean" <jmlb2 () hermes ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date: 1998-12-03 13:27:54
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--On Thu, Dec 3, 1998 1:59 pm +0100 "Richard Braakman" <dark@xs4all.nl>
wrote:
> Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>> - BigBrother can be a manager (watching the network) or an agent
>> (gathering information on *one* machine, to be queried by the
>> manager later). But it is the same programs, there is only a
>> difference in the configuration file. So I have to make one package,
>> which depends on dnsutils (because BigBrother manager uses it) even
>> if the agents do not need it.
>
> Since dnsutils is standard, and fairly small, I see no harm on
> depending on it. This is not very different from emacs19 depending on
> xlib6g.
Sounds like a candidate for Recommends: to me.
Jules
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