-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Greg Vence wrote:
> Brad wrote: > > > > You can tell dselect to ignore the dependancies. Just use 'Q' (that's > > shift-q) instead of enter to exit the package selection screen, then > > choose Remove from the dselect menu. > > > > You should of course fix the situation quicky, so as not to leave your > > machine in a broken state. > > Could I use this to allow install when the dependencies are incorrect? > i.e. the main xlib 3.3.4 for slink is versioned 3.3.4-0slink1 when it's > dependents require >= 3.3.4-1 You could, but then you'll always have to use shift-Q to exit the dselect package selection screen. Also, apt-get may refuse to run citing the broken dependancy. Instead, you may want to get the sources for 3.3.4-0slink1 and change the version number (in the changelog), or get the sources for whatever needs 3.3.4-1 and change the dependancy. Also, consider that it may be versioned this way on purpose, to prevent you from installing potato-compiled apps on a slink system (which can cause problems). In this case, recompiling the apps yourself would be the better course. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9VFWb7M/9WKZLW5AQEfzwQAkiLUX0tWiQM3Eew92fsk8CvEvaTT6pPw SWclEfGH8VVTiRXSMLDsszYm8RbfqpX0D3hP900F85HPykeXs7yPde6cNg7oidg2 C/NEJwZrYhW8ijPiUn2IjoWTWwbVfrOQ4AYJmvivWPQYNA2dRlJ0yaC/ZmxlJypz IrHHwMxAAEY= =qcjW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
