> This is offtopic, but how would I go about creating and > installing a dummy package, such that I could compile it > from source, and yet have dpkg know that it's there for > dependencies, etc?
take a look at the task-kde package...it's a dummy package that has depends/suggests/recommends. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD