Re: dummy packages

2001-03-07 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> This is offtopic, but how would I go about creating and > installing a dummy package, such that I could compile it > from source, and yet have dpkg know that it's there for > dependencies, etc? take a look at the task-kde package...it's a dummy package that has depends/suggests/recommends. Ivan

Re: dummy packages

2001-03-06 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Mar 06 2001, John Patton wrote: > This is offtopic, but how would I go about creating and > installing a dummy package, such that I could compile it > from source, and yet have dpkg know that it's there for > dependencies, etc? Well, one alternative is to just make a package claiming th

dummy packages

2001-03-06 Thread John Patton
This is offtopic, but how would I go about creating and installing a dummy package, such that I could compile it from source, and yet have dpkg know that it's there for dependencies, etc? -- John Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get my GnuPG public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Na