On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:58:55PM +0100, Gabriele Kayser wrote: > No, the problem is not solved, because this packages ar named > "perl" an *NOT* "perl5". If I try to install package > "sysutils_1.3.6.1.deb" I get Dependency-Problem-Message, because on > my system is no package named "perl5" installed only named "perl" > (Version: 5.004.04-7.0.1). > I think there is a failure in the Dependency-Definiton of the > package "sysutils_1.3.6.1.deb" - the dependency have to be "perl (>= > ???)" and not "perl5" ?!
No, I think this is correct. perl5 is a _virtual_ package; there is no one package named perl5. However, perl-5.005 and perl-5.004 both provide the virtual package perl5. sysutils needs either of those perls, so it depends on perl5. There _is_ no package called simply "perl" any more. Thierry: I don't think there is a bug here. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.
