+++ Steve Langasek [2012-01-08 05:23 +0100]: > > It would be very wrong to bypass the dependency system in the archive on > account of the filesystem cross-mount tricks described here. Using equivs > locally is the *right* solution for such cases.
I think steve is right here, even though it is inconvenient. I was about to suggest that equivs should have more examples for this of thing, but thought to check first. Guess what, it already has /usr/share/doc/equivs/examples/webserver.ctl Section: web Package: webserver-dummy Provides: httpd Description: Webserver dummy package This package provides dpkg with the information that there is a local webserver installed. . Installing dwww, man2html etc. won't bug you to install apache any more (That description could be improved) so equivs-build /usr/share/doc/equivs/examples/webserver.ctl prodcues the package you want. The docs could be improved (I've used equivs before and it still took me a few mins to work that out). And equivs is an incredicbly-useful well-kept secret (of which Debian and GNU/Linux has many). Any suggestions for making it better known would be good. This disucssion has no doubt helped a little. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120109143902.gd4...@dream.aleph1.co.uk
