Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-09-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 17 aug 13, 19:42:19, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 04:36:03PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > Doing apt-get --purge remove > > doesn't work in these situations. > > Oops, I actually meant to say apt-get --purge autoremove, not remove. It seems this hasn't been addressed: l

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-18 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/18/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 16:36 -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is >> > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2013-08-18 at 00:37 +0100, "Karl E. Jørgensen" wrote: > Are you implying that pulseaudio is badly designed? Just > curios; I have no intention of re-igniting the pulseaudio debates I've > seen on the mailing lists and forums in the past... Without discussing the source code, the way pulse

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 16:36 -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is > > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this > > subject, but had no success.

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 04:36:03PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Doing apt-get --purge remove > doesn't work in these situations. Oops, I actually meant to say apt-get --purge autoremove, not remove. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype:

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread John Hasler
Gregory Nowak writes: > For example, installing linux-image-686-pae also installs > linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae. Which implies that linux-image-686-pae depends on linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae. > However, removing linux-image-686-pae doesn't also remove > linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae. Why should it

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Karl E. Jørgensen
Hi On 17/08/13 18:42, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 17:40 +0100, "Karl E. Jørgensen" wrote: >> Technically, a dummy package is never "needed" > Hi Karl, > > I disagree, in the past years I build a pulseaudio package because it > was needed. Now I need to fake that pulseaudio and gvfs

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this > subject, but had no success. > > Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed? I have a question

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 12:29 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Dom writes: > > I'm not sure if there is anything that can directly bypass > > dependencies. > > "dpkg --force-depends " will. Don't use it. AFAIK this does not fulfil the dependency, it will cause an inconsistent system, since it doesn't

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 17:40 +0100, "Karl E. Jørgensen" wrote: > Technically, a dummy package is never "needed" Hi Karl, I disagree, in the past years I build a pulseaudio package because it was needed. Now I need to fake that pulseaudio and gvfs are installed, because Debian and Ubuntu follow ups

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread John Hasler
Dom writes: > I'm not sure if there is anything that can directly bypass > dependencies. "dpkg --force-depends " will. Don't use it. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Dom
On 17/08/13 17:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hi :) IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this subject, but had no success. Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed? I'm not sure if there is anything that

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Karl E. Jørgensen
Hi On 17/08/13 17:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :) > > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this > subject, but had no success. > > Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed? Well... not a command per se

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-08-17 18:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this > subject, but had no success. With dpkg you can --force-depends, but then apt will not be happy about the s

Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

2013-08-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this subject, but had no success. Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed? Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org