Slightly OT, graphing package dependencies

2001-03-26 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 05:09:15PM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote: > Branden Robinson schrieb: > > * the part of a package with X-specific components must have a priority no > > higher than the packages on which it depends (including any X packages); > > * an X-dependent alternative version of a packag

Re: Package Dependencies

1999-04-21 Thread Fabien Ninoles
h for > > regular programs and for development libraries. I also like using > > dselect for managing those packages which I don't compile myself. This > > way of doing things is sometimes difficult because of certain package > > dependencies, both hard and suggest

Re: Package Dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Brederlow
or managing those packages which I don't compile myself. This > way of doing things is sometimes difficult because of certain package > dependencies, both hard and suggested. This is a problem, as I don't > like having to manually override package installation every time I >

Re: solved (was: Re: Package Dependencies

1999-03-31 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-policy, Adrian Lopez wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Package: equivs > > Hello... I would have never thought of looking for such a package. It > would really be much better to have a way of doing the same by using > built in features in the package management system's frontend p

Re: solved (was: Re: Package Dependencies

1999-03-31 Thread Adrian Lopez
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Package: equivs Hello... I would have never thought of looking for such a package. It would really be much better to have a way of doing the same by using built in features in the package management system's frontend program. It would be more visible this way, and less

solved (was: Re: Package Dependencies

1999-03-31 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
quivs_1.999.3.deb Size: 9358 MD5sum: 6c887b2c0686115052e9ad5bc55a05b1 Description: Circumventing Debian package dependencies This is a dummy package which can be used to create Debian packages, which only contain dependency information. . This way, you can make the Debian package management system believe that equ

Package Dependencies

1999-03-31 Thread Adrian Lopez
sometimes difficult because of certain package dependencies, both hard and suggested. This is a problem, as I don't like having to manually override package installation every time I install something new. I really don't want to cease using dselect, but it can be trouble sometimes. I wou