As an experienced Linux user, but Debian newcomer, this has been something that has been annoying me for a while.
Say I want to remove the packaged version of ghostscript (5.1) and compile my own (5.5 with some of my own drivers). I can do this quite easily with 'dpkg --force-depends -r gs'. The '--force-depends' is of course required so that I can keep some software which has a dependency for ghostscript installed -- this shouldn't cause a problem because it's about to be able to use the version of ghostscript that I've just compiled. However, dpkg and apt-get will remember about this forced dependency for ever more -- a right pain because it means that I can't 'apt-get' something. This is simply because the source compiled version of ghostscript isn't in the dpkg database. So, what am I supposed to do so that dpkg and apt-get will forget about this forced dependency? Thanks, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net
