I actually happen to agree. I think it's silly also
and am inclined to remove this and strip down
the docs a bit more (for CRUX --- CRUX is for more
experienced/export users!)

cheers
James


James Mills / prologic

E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au


On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Tianon Gravi <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In docs/sources/installation/cruxlinux.rst:
>
> > +* `docker-git <https://bitbucket.org/prologic/ports/src/tip/docker-git/>`_
> > +
> > +The docker port will install the latest tagged version of Docker.
> > +The docker-bin port will install the latest tagged versin of Docker from upstream built binaries.
> > +The docker-git package will build from the current master branch.
> > +
> > +Dependencies
> > +------------
> > +
> > +The packages Docker depends on are:
> > +
> > +* bridge-utils
> > +* sqlite3
> > +* lxc
> > +
> > +**NB:** Docker actually also requires ``iproute2`` and ``libdevmapper`` however CRUX does not list *core* dependencies that are already part of the system.
>
> Maybe it's just me, but it seems kind of silly to duplicate the
> "Dependencies" information here when it's already embedded in the package
> and will show up as soon as you try to install. (Yes, I do realize other
> installation pages have this, and I don't agree with it being on them
> either. It's just begging for the data to get out of sync with the reality
> of the actual package's deps.)
>
> Note also that I'm not a maintainer of "docs/", so this is just my
> opinion. :)
>
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