Neil Williams wrote: > So these are two packages built from the same source? There is > one .diff.gz and one .dsc for both? > > That is quite different to how it sounded originally - where you had > two source packages, not two binaries from the same source.
Sorry, I'm stupid, I should have say it this way. Yes, one source package building 2 binaries containing the same app with different Depends:. > I haven't tried that way of doing it - try viewing the packages in > deb-gview and make sure that the each postinst is a real file > within the Debian data of the .deb. I know it works as I had a look with "mc" and it seems that the file is create in the package correctly. I just wanted to check here with you guys if it was "of good practice" to do things like that. > I was actually expecting these to be two separate packages - it isn't > good to create files just for testing within the package itself. If > there are files that you can use, fine. If not, you may need to call > 'dpkg' to check which version is installed. How, when I have package2 providing package1? What the best way to check? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
