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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:44:46 +0000 "Alan Pope" <alan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2008/12/15 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > Now, I might be daft, but I'm not stupid. I understand about > > dependencies, but how can cups be a dependency of network-manager?! > > > > It isnt. It's a byproduct of a dependant package you will install as a > result of upgrading NM. Depends on the levels of indirection. Network-manager has a list of direct dependencies - gtk among them. Gtk has a list of direct dependencies - cups among them. Therefore, network-manager indirectly depends on cups. Check the output of objdump -p against the relevant shared objects. The answer is there - based around the need for Gtk to be able to generate a "common print preview / print setup" interface. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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