Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't > > select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > > apt should probably just select the highest-priority p

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't > > select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > > apt should probably just select the highest-priority

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think you can provide particular versions. Unless this has > changed in dpkg recently. (It's one of the most wanted features.) See bug#112131 for example. I'm suprised I couldn't find an older bug for this, actually. > > I will read up on this

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think you can provide particular versions. Unless this has > changed in dpkg recently. (It's one of the most wanted features.) See bug#112131 for example. I'm suprised I couldn't find an older bug for this, actually. > > I will read up on thi

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:52:15PM +0100, Sven wrote: > Replaces: camlp4, ocaml-base > Provides: camlp4 (= 3.04-3), ocaml-base (= 3.04-3) I don't think you can provide particular versions. Unless this has changed in dpkg recently. (It's one of the most wanted features.) > > > I solved this with u

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:52:15PM +0100, Sven wrote: > Replaces: camlp4, ocaml-base > Provides: camlp4 (= 3.04-3), ocaml-base (= 3.04-3) I don't think you can provide particular versions. Unless this has changed in dpkg recently. (It's one of the most wanted features.) > > > I solved this with

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Sven
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:00:37PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, ... > > Hi, > > > I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which > > should > > also work when A is installed, since A provides B. > > > > But this does not wo

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Sven
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:00:37PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, ... > > Hi, > > > I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which should > > also work when A is installed, since A provides B. > > > > But this does not work,

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-21 Thread Jérôme Marant
Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, ... Hi, > I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which should > also work when A is installed, since A provides B. > > But this does not work, when A is installed C refuses to install. What does dpkg tell when you try to ins

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-21 Thread Jérôme Marant
Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, ... Hi, > I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which should > also work when A is installed, since A provides B. > > But this does not work, when A is installed C refuses to install. What does dpkg tell when you try to in

provides and dependencies

2001-12-21 Thread Sven
Hello, ... I have a package A wich provides package B ( actually, B is a trimmed down version of A which get replaced by A when A is installed). I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which should also work when A is installed, since A provides B. But this does not work

provides and dependencies

2001-12-21 Thread Sven
Hello, ... I have a package A wich provides package B ( actually, B is a trimmed down version of A which get replaced by A when A is installed). I have a package C, which i wanted to make depend on B only, but which should also work when A is installed, since A provides B. But this does not wor