Hi, Can someone tell me how I can trick debian into thinking that a package is installed? Specifically, I have the real motif installed on my system. However, since this is (obviously) not a debian package, debian has no idea that I have it. And so if I try to install the xmcd package, it refuses to install because lesstif isn't installed, but I can't install lesstif without overwriting the real motif... I guess I could also use the --force-depends option in dpkg to force an install?
So my questions are; 1. what's the dirty way to modify the config files so debian thinks lesstif is installed? 2. if I create my own binary .deb package with my motif binaries inside it, how do I change the control file so it "provides" lesstif? On a side note, motif apps really ought to "require" a motif package, and lesstiff should "provide" motif, as opposed to packages directly requiring lesstif. Steve -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
