Re: see the man pages, docs of conflicting packages

2002-06-24 Thread Dan Jacobson
>> The debian package management system is neat but let's say you want to >> read the docs and man page of a conflicting package. Then you must >> drive the original package off the system to install the new package >> just for a look, or otherwise jump thru hoops? Assume I've got the 8 >> woody

Re: see the man pages, docs of conflicting packages

2002-06-22 Thread patrick
--- Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The debian package management system is neat but let's say you want > to > read the docs and man page of a conflicting package. Then you must > drive the original package off the system to install the new package > just for a look, or otherwise jump th

Re: see the man pages, docs of conflicting packages

2002-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:12:30AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 03:31:23PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > The debian package management system is neat but let's say you want to > > read the docs and man page of a conflicting package. Then you must > > drive the original pac

Re: see the man pages, docs of conflicting packages

2002-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 03:31:23PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > The debian package management system is neat but let's say you want to > read the docs and man page of a conflicting package. Then you must > drive the original package off the system to install the new package > just for a look, or o

RE: see the man pages, docs of conflicting packages

2002-06-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 22-Jun-2002 Dan Jacobson wrote: > The debian package management system is neat but let's say you want to > read the docs and man page of a conflicting package. Then you must > drive the original package off the system to install the new package > just for a look, or otherwise jump thru hoops?