On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in
> the world are they two separate packages?
Separate libraries frequently need to be in separate packages, because
all hell breaks loose otherwise if the soname
Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
>> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > RPM == DEB are of nearly equal capacity. It is the Packaging that
>> > Debian Uses and the Proper dependency checking it does.
>>
>>
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 2004-01-29, Richard Hoskins penned:
>> Stephen Rueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Conclusion: Stop using low level tools if you can't handle them and
>>> don't complain about them if you don't understand them. Get yourself
>>> a proper pa
On Wednesday January 28 at 03:32pm
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in
> the world are they two separate packages?
Perhaps they are versioned separately, with developmental advances in A
not requiring an upgrade to B. O
On 2004-01-29, Richard Hoskins penned:
> Stephen Rueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Conclusion: Stop using low level tools if you can't handle them and
>> don't complain about them if you don't understand them. Get yourself
>> a proper package management frontend like dselect or aptitude.
>
>
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > RPM == DEB are of nearly equal capacity. It is the Packaging that
> > Debian Uses and the Proper dependency checking it does.
>
> Yes. Whatever.
Flippancy doesn't make people more
"Rosenstrauch, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In any case, you probably should take this issue with a grain of
> salt anyway. You are running "unstable", after all. :-)
Absolutely. I'm still learning package management on Debian. The
only box I'm running it on is my personal (as in home
Stephen Rueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Conclusion: Stop using low level tools if you can't handle them and
> don't complain about them if you don't understand them. Get yourself
> a proper package management frontend like dselect or aptitude.
I wasn't complaining.
--
Lift me down, so I ca
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On unstable, i386.
Irrelevant.
>Kind of reminds me of RPM:
Reminds me of lame RPM users...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
>libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-
salt anyway.
You are running "unstable", after all. :-)
DR
> -Original Message-
> From: Rosenstrauch, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: .deb dependancy hell
>
>
> Whoops - my apo
Whoops - my apologies, then. I didn't read your message carefully enough.
DR
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Hoskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: .deb dependancy hell
>
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"Rosenstrauch, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's rarely (if ever) a circular dependency like that. What
> you'll normally see is that package A needs package B, and package C
> needs package B. Thus package B is usually a shared
> component/library that is used by many other apps.
It
> If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in
> the world are they two separate packages?
There's rarely (if ever) a circular dependency like that. What you'll
normally see is that package A needs package B, and package C needs package B.
Thus package B is usually a s
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 10:56, Richard Hoskins wrote:
>> On unstable, i386.
>>
>> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
[...]
>
> No... you forget the package management has never been the issue.
Are you asserting that it doesn't remind me of RPM? I tell you it
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Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-port0
>dpkg: dependency problems pre
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:56:24AM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>dpkg: err
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:56:24AM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
} On unstable, i386.
}
} Kind of reminds me of RPM:
}
}[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
}dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
} libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
}dpkg: err
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 10:56, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>dpkg: error processing
Hi
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:56:24 -0500
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
...
use apt-get remove libgphoto2-2, that will take care of the dependencies
and remove everything that depends on it...
yours
Albert
--
Albert Dengg <[EMAIL
Selon Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>dpkg: error processing libgpho
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:56:24AM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
...snip dpkg -r lossage
Why aren't you just using
apt-get remove libgphoto2-2
Dpkg was never designed to handle dependencies; apt was.
--
Dave Carrigan
Seattle, WA, USA
[EMA
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:56:24 -0500
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
Hi,
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> On unstable, i386.
>
> Kind of reminds me of RPM:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>dpkg: error processing lib
On unstable, i386.
Kind of reminds me of RPM:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-2 (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
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