[Fwd: A package question]

Sorry, I just realized I'm not subscribed to debian-deval from the mailing address below. Forwarded Message From: Svante Signell Reply-to: To: debian-devel Subject: A package question Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:34:18 +0100 Hi, I need to install an old package, hav

A package question

Hi, I need to install an old package, having a dependency on libreadline5-dev. This -dev package does no longer exist, it is replaced by libreadline-gplv2-dev. From the package description that package conflicts with libreadline5-dev, and replaces libreadline5-dev. Still the old package refuses to