I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar archive", while it reports the original .deb as a Debian binary package. So the question is, how do I 'brand' (ie give it the correct magic number) my manipulated .deb-file as a debian package?
In this particular case I found that building a dummy equiv .deb for the package I didn't want installed on my system to be a better solution anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
