Re: dpkg force options

2001-02-10 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Pollywog wrote: > On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:21:12 -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball said: > > Use --force-depends, not --force-conflicts. > > > > Or better yet, don't install an out-of-date package that is about to > > be removed from testing and unstable. If you want the latest netscape > > 4 (4

Re: dpkg force options

2001-02-09 Thread Pollywog
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:21:12 -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball said: > Pollywog wrote: > > > I am trying to install the netscape4 package, but it complains that > > xpm4g is not installed. The latter package has been replaced by > > another which IS installed, but netscape4 won't hear of it. >

Re: dpkg force options

2001-02-09 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Pollywog wrote: > I am trying to install the netscape4 package, but it complains that > xpm4g is not installed. The latter package has been replaced by > another which IS installed, but netscape4 won't hear of it. > > I tried 'dpkg --force-conflicts -i netscape4_xyz.i386.deb' but I > still can't