So how does the reference to the now-nonexistent fileutils package ever go away?
Britton On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Zack Weinberg wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.7.1 > Severity: normal > Tags: sid > > The debian-policy package has this control line: > > Depends: fileutils (>=3D 4.0) > > In sid, fileutils has been subsumed into the coreutils package. > Since a versioned dependency is not satisfied by a Provides:, > having debian-policy installed forces one to keep the dummy > fileutils package around. > > Please change the dependency line to read > > Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>=3D 4.0) > > This will permit removal of the dummy package without breaking > upgrades. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > Architecture: i386 > Kernel: Linux egil 2.4.19 #1 Thu Aug 15 11:07:52 PDT 2002 i686 > Locale: LANG=3Den_US, LC_CTYPE=3Den_US > > Versions of packages debian-policy depends on: > ii coreutils [fileutils] 4.5.2-1 The GNU core utilities > ii fileutils 4.5.2-1 GNU file management utilities > > -- no debconf information > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
