On 03-Nov-2001 Steve Kieu wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to tell dselect or dpkg... , that I have lynx > installed but not by debian packages, so it wont > complain dependancies with others, for example..; Is > there the best way to fake it? I know a package > somewhere but it is rather complicated to do even I > would rather press Q to force dselect than make it :-) >
Faking the package system is rarely easy or safe. Why not just make your own lynx deb? Grab the lynx source, apply your changes and recompile it. Then tell dselect to hold the package and it will not be upgraded out from underneath you.
