On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 02:46:19AM -0400, John D. Hendrickson wrote: > DEBIAN BUG: Many packages have dependacies that don't actually exist.
Only in contrib/non-free. Anything else should be reported against the packages in question. > DEBIAN BUG: Many packages have 'conflicts' that don't actually exist. > > There are WAY to many example. "gdm and xdm conflict": Thats > complete bull. I use both. They don't conflict. They don't > even need to use "alternatives" because they don't use the same > resources. What distribution are you using? potato, I suspect. They don't conflict in woody. > "xpaint and xfree86 conflict". If you install the classic "xpaint" > then you have to remove X. That's so brain damaged it has to be > criminal in origin. Infact: force install xpaint without the > "required" lib: you'll find it works great, the marking is bull. What? xpaint doesn't conflict with anything. > If I uninstall "exim" - "cron" is selected for removal EVEN > THOUGH I've selected otherwise. Obviously - cron doesn't need > a mailer - but the system needs cron. What kind of idiot marked > that package? Fact is: cron runs its service - mailer or no. cron only Recommends: exim, and dselect 1.10 in testing/unstable doesn't force you to install recommendations. Earlier versions did. > DEBIAN BUG: Many packages break when "removed". Reinstalling does not > correct. Reconfigure does not correct. It would be productive to file bugs against those packages. > DEBIAN BUG: Many packages are marked as using libraries that they don't > actually use - causeing extraneous dependancies and conflicts. Ditto. Filing this against general might be a good way to complain loudly, but I'm not sure it's actually a good way to get things fixed. :) Upgrade to a modern version of Debian first, though. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
