Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 03:48:45PM -0500, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > How can I get dselect to install packages that depend on > > no-longer-available packages, and, once installed, how do I keep dselect > > from uninstalling them?
You can put the package on hold with '=' in dselect to keep it from being uninstalled. However, Colin's advice is better. > > I'm trying lilypond, but it still depends on python-base (no longer > > avaible). > > Wait for lilypond to be fixed for the new Python policy, or build it > yourself from source and change the Depends: field in debian/control. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
