[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#776778: Please play nicely with resolvconf

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Ondřej,

Ondřej Surý wrote:
> do you think that we can push the resolvconf compatibility to jessie?
> 
> I see two possible paths here:
> 
> a) add Breaks: resolvconf

That's ok-ish. It would be the short-hack temporary solution and
likely suitable for Jessie.

> b) add (Pre-)Depends: resolvconf and force resolvconf usage

That's a no-go IMHO. (And Pre-Depends would need a discussion first on
debian-devel.)

The common path most tools go is to check for resolvconf's existence
(IIRC /sbin/resolvconf) and decide upon that which path to go. Not
sure which dependency on resolvconf is common. I'd expect either
Suggests and/or Enhances, maybe Recommends, but it shouldn't be a hard
dependency to leave people the choice to use resolvconf or not.

> BTW does resolvconf play nicely with NetworkManager?

AFAIK yes.

		Regards, Axel
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