-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/22/06 12:02, Lars Roland wrote: > Hi all > > I need to get mysql 4 running on a debian etch box, mysql 4.1 and 5 > will not do. If I try to grab mysql 4 from sarge I run into the > problem that mysql-client depends on libreadline4 and I already have > readline-common installed which blocks libreeadline4. Uninstalling > readline-common is not and options since core software depends on it, > so what I am looking for is a way to tell apt that readline-common > provides libreadline4 so mysql-client can be installed. > > So basically is there a way to tell apt that a needed package is > already installed even though one already on the system blocks this > package ?
You could grab the deb-src and build from that... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFFCBFS9HxQb37XmcRAly4AKDCXGzdL07R5Krwp/irO5cmGzctiACgvqf8 RKpEVB47dV9Jgw9kdAAZUc8= =fIkj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]