dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] dpkg -s libpam0g > Package: libpam0g > [snip] > Depends: libc6, libpam0g-util (>= 0.57b-0) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] dpkg -s libpam0g-util > [snip] > Depends: libpam0g (>= 0.57b-0), libc6, libpwdb0g > > Is there a reason why these two packages would depend on each other?
Yes. libpam is useless without it's authentication modules and the authentication modules are dynamically linked with libpam. > I think it would be better to have one suggest the other, No it would not; they depend on each other. > so you can get at least one to install without having to use > '--force-depends'. You don't need to use --force-depends. 15:09:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| ~/temp $sudo dpkg -iEG libpam0g_0.57b-0.deb libpam0g-util_0.57b-0.deb Selecting previously deselected package libpam0g. (Reading database ... 30225 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libpam0g (from libpam0g_0.57b-0.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libpam0g-util. Unpacking libpam0g-util (from libpam0g-util_0.57b-0.deb) ... Setting up libpam0g-util (0.57b-0) ... Setting up libpam0g (0.57b-0) ... 15:10:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| ~/temp $ > Or, even better yet, combine them into one package since they both > need each other? That's a possibility but as I was doing a non-maintainer release I was not prepared to do this. I am also loath to resort to a technically inferior solution simply because some users can't cope with the concept of circular dependencies, after all dpkg and dselect handle them just fine. -- James -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
