On Mon, 11 Jan, 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > Hi, > > I got a request to change a Depends: fakeroot to Depends: libtricks. > > I just need the functionality of fakeroot, not the extended things in > libtricks. >
Libtricks is only small Package: libtricks Installed-Size: 130 > Forcing the user to install libtricks seems too harsch, so: is it OK > to use Depends: libtricks | fakeroot ? Looks good, but surely libtricks should provide: fakeroot - the correct way to solve the problem. Package: libtricks Section: utils Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 0.2-5 Replaces: fakeroot Depends: libc6 (>= 2.0.7u-6), libstdc++2.9 Conflicts: fakeroot Description: Tricks with shared libs: transparent VPATH and Fake root priv. > > The problem is, that fakeroot doesn't exist in potato any more, and I > am not allowed to depend on a non-existing package, right? > > Advice? > > Ciao, > Martin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- GNU does not eliminate all the world's problems, only some of them. -- The GNU Manifesto