On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:37:10PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:34:12PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:49, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > The negative effect for the users is that you can't upgrade python > > > > while wxgtk-python is installed so you can't try out the > > > > latest-and-greatest python in the meantime. This is the issue at > > > > hand. > > > Sure you can: > > > $ sudo apt-get install python2.3 > > > The dependency stuff merely notes that upgrading python without also > > > upgrading wxgtk-python may break stuff. > > actually, if the dependencies are right, you cannot upgrade to python > > (2.3) without also upgrading to wxgtk-python (2.3) or de-installing > > wxgtk-python (2.2). > > Sure you can. dpkg --force-depends -i python_*.deb will do it for you. > > If you want something bad enough, and don't mind breaking things, anything's > possible.
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