Re: Dependencies between components.

2024-04-06 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024, Simon Hollenbach wrote: Hi, I have not found a mistake in your considerations about "sane" component inter-dependency. However, package dependencies are declared upon a package with a suitable version, whether this package can be set-up on a bespoke target system remains to

Re: Dependencies between components.

2024-04-06 Thread Simon Hollenbach
Hi, I have not found a mistake in your considerations about "sane" component inter-dependency. However, package dependencies are declared upon a package with a suitable version, whether this package can be set-up on a bespoke target system remains to be determined by APT when the package is insta

Re: Dependencies between components.

2024-03-30 Thread Max Nikulin
On 30/03/2024 22:54, Tim Woodall wrote: I'm unclear whether backports is allowed to depend on -updates You have not mentioned bookworm-security. contrib  : non-free non-free-firmware main non-free : non-free-firmware main non-free-firmware    :

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-09 Thread Felmon Davis
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 04:39:56PM +0300, Reco wrote: No, I got you first time. Rather it's my response deviated elsewhere. I see nothing in those three packages that would qualify as "xyzzy". Alternatives? No. Mime types registration? No. About the onl

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 20:49:08 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Brian wrote: > > I am still wondering what use it is to "check for the existence of > > that LDOSUBSCRIBER value of X-Spam-Status e-mail header *before* > > replying to e-mail". How does it affect the actions one takes? > > As

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 10:05:30PM +0300, Reco wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 02:45:29PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:17:21PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > I don't agree that responding to a troll will lead to a

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:45:29 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:17:21PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > I don't agree that responding to a troll will lead to a beneficial > > > outcome. > > > > You're entitled to

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 02:45:29PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:17:21PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > I don't agree that responding to a troll will lead to a beneficial > > > outcome. > > > > You're entitled

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread John Hasler
Michael Stone writes: > Are there any real users with valid use cases for which this as an > issue? "I told it to remove xyzzy and it removed all of Gnome!" (or some other metapackage) is a common complaint. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 21:17:21 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 04:39:56PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > No, I got you first time. Rather it's my response deviated elsewhere. > > > > > > I see nothing in those three package

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Brian wrote: > I am still wondering what use it is to "check for the existence of > that LDOSUBSCRIBER value of X-Spam-Status e-mail header *before* > replying to e-mail". How does it affect the actions one takes? As said, i use it as guideline whether to add a Cc: for the thread starter. If

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:17:21PM +0300, Reco wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: I don't agree that responding to a troll will lead to a beneficial outcome. You're entitled to your option, of course. For context, the most recent message from that account s

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 04:39:56PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > No, I got you first time. Rather it's my response deviated elsewhere. > > > > I see nothing in those three packages that would qualify as "xyzzy". > > Alternatives? No. Mime t

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 06:34:20PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > Citing from that: > | 6.7.10. Best practices for meta-packages > | A meta-package is a mostly empty package that makes it easy to install a > | coherent set of packages that can evolve over time. It achieves this by > | depen

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 10:56:30 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 16:03:21 (+0300), Reco wrote: [...] > > Please show a e-mail from the list subscriber that does not have > > aforementioned attribute, then we'll have something to talk about. > > Dead easy. Just configure your em

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 04:39:56PM +0300, Reco wrote: No, I got you first time. Rather it's my response deviated elsewhere. I see nothing in those three packages that would qualify as "xyzzy". Alternatives? No. Mime types registration? No. About the only common thing about all three packages is

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 10:56:30AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 16:03:21 (+0300), Reco wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:32:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:59:31 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > >

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread Linux-Fan
John Hasler writes: Reco writes: > The parent thread shows that at least some of the users are > confused by metapackages. I think that most users are totally ignorant of the nature or even the existence of metapackages. As far as they are concerned the Lxqt package *is* Lxqt and there is no w

Re: Dependencies et al

2019-10-07 Thread John Hasler
Reco writes: > The parent thread shows that at least some of the users are > confused by metapackages. I think that most users are totally ignorant of the nature or even the existence of metapackages. As far as they are concerned the Lxqt package *is* Lxqt and there is no way to get Lxqt other th

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread David Wright
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 16:03:21 (+0300), Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:32:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:59:31 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > On Mon,

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:08:04PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Reco wrote: I don't think anything needs to be done here -- the whole idea of (meta)packages is that you give up some choice for the benefits of not having t

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 16:03:21 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:32:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:59:31 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:08:04PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:56:33AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> > 3) Synaptic did not provide a user a meaningful choice. > >> > [...] > >> > I'm n

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:56:33AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> > 3) Synaptic did not provide a user a meaningful choice. >> > [...] >> > I'm not saying that Synaptic should be transformed to aptitude (which is >> > famous

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:32:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:59:31 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Brian wrote: > >

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Curt
On 2019-10-07, Reco wrote: > > 1) Call me old-fashioned, but posters' personalities should not matter > here, at this list. I don't see what is old-fashioned about your opinion here. I would think it were the gentilities of polite discourse that have become outmoded (as demonstrated finely by the

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:59:31 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 11:28:03 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:56:33AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > > 3) Synaptic did not provide a user a meaningful choice. > > [...] > > I'm not saying that Synaptic should be transformed to aptitude (which is > > famous for its multi-choice resolver), we have one aptitude already, > > p

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 13:53:43 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Reco wrote: [...] > Brian wrote: > > The non-existence of LDOSUBSCRIBER in a mails's headers says nothing > > definite about whether the poster is subscribed to the list or reads > > list mails. > > To my best knowledge, "X

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Reco wrote: > Hello, list. > > It may seem a thread hijacking (and may be it is), but I feel that the > discussion of OP's problem has taken a wrong turn. Consider this a my > attempt to put in on a right track ☺. > > So I've been reading this

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:50:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 11:28:03 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > PS Just a friendly reminder. Please chec

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Reco wrote: > > 1) Call me old-fashioned, but posters' personalities should not matter > > here, at this list. [...] > > The language OP is using could definitely use some improvement indeed, It would serve the general issue of constructive discussion. > > discussing OP's personality just b

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:11:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 11:28:03 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > PS Just a friendly reminder. Please check for the existence of that > > > LDOSUBSCRIBER value of X-Spam-Status

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 11:28:03 +0300, Reco wrote: > > [...] > > > PS Just a friendly reminder. Please check for the existence of that > > LDOSUBSCRIBER value of X-Spam-Status e-mail header *before* replying to > > e-mail. Unless, of course

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 11:28:03 +0300, Reco wrote: [...] > PS Just a friendly reminder. Please check for the existence of that > LDOSUBSCRIBER value of X-Spam-Status e-mail header *before* replying to > e-mail. Unless, of course, you intention is *not* to reply to OP but > have your reply visible

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread tomas
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:28:03AM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hello, list. > > It may seem a thread hijacking (and may be it is) [...] I don't feel so. Thanks for this post. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
Hello, list. It may seem a thread hijacking (and may be it is), but I feel that the discussion of OP's problem has taken a wrong turn. Consider this a my attempt to put in on a right track ☺. So I've been reading this thread, and it got me thinking. I know, it's a somewhat strange confess

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-29 Thread Henning Follmann
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 05:56:22PM -0400, e Lpe wrote: > Ok, thanks for the lesson. > I made a mistake. I apologize. > I din't saw how as changed Debian distribution and community since 2002. > It's so far... > Forget this thread, or mail, call it as you want. > I will found a solution by myself. >

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 28 October 2016 22:56:22 e Lpe wrote: > Ok, thanks for the lesson. > I made a mistake. I apologize. > I din't saw how as changed Debian distribution and community since 2002. > It's so far... > Forget this thread, or mail, call it as you want. > I will found a solution by myself. > > And

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-28 Thread e Lpe
Ok, thanks for the lesson. I made a mistake. I apologize. I din't saw how as changed Debian distribution and community since 2002. It's so far... Forget this thread, or mail, call it as you want. I will found a solution by myself. And thanks to people try to help. End off. 2016-10-28 14:31 GMT-0

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 07:19:47PM +0100, Brian wrote: > 4. There is a way to get your error mesaages in English but I have >forgotten how. Someone will be along in a while to explain how it >is done. If you're working from a command shell, you can do: export LC_ALL=C and then the rest o

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-28 Thread Brian
I did not respond to your post because it seemed like too much trouble to get information from you. Fortunately for you Lisi (bless her heart) did not ignore it. e Lpe, you are now going to get a lecture. Sit back and enjoy it. :) --

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-28 Thread e Lpe
" What have you tried?" nothing yet. The missings dependencies are here : http://dpaste.com/2BVN1S6 I think i can dowload it from debian website and install tem with dpkg but I affraid to brake my system 2016-10-28 10:53 GMT-04:00 Lisi Reisz : > On Friday 28 October 2016 02:13:44 e Lpe wrote: >

Re: dependencies problem to install lightworks on jessie

2016-10-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 28 October 2016 02:13:44 e Lpe wrote: > Hello, > > all is in the title. > I can't install Lightworks on Jessie. > > What is the right way to install it ? What have you tried? Lisi

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-25 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/24/2008 03:53 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. No Problem :-) > I asked whether you were running etch because the unstable/testing > version of mediawiki doesn't have dependencies that would pull in the > stuff you're talking about. I've ta

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-24 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. I ap

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:45:29PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/23/2008 08:49 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > It is usual for upstream developers not to support the debian packages. > > If you have troubles you should contact the maintainer/file a bug. > > Generally or for web applicat

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/23/2008 08:49 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > It is usual for upstream developers not to support the debian packages. > If you have troubles you should contact the maintainer/file a bug. Generally or for web applications? Why? cheers Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:28:40PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > > and aptitude still remembe

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 02:33:49PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > I posted the same topic on Mediawiki admins mailinglist. A Mediawiki > developer[0] told that the Debian package is unsupported third-party and > they receive a lot of complaints about it. It is usual for upstream developers not

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
I posted the same topic on Mediawiki admins mailinglist. A Mediawiki developer[0] told that the Debian package is unsupported third-party and they receive a lot of complaints about it. So will install myself. The only downside that I need to care myself about security patches. cheers Simon [0] h

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-22 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:28:40PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > > and aptitude still remembe

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-22 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > and aptitude still remembers it. Hi Andrei No success. Need to get 257MB/262MB of archives. After u

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/21/2008 10:20 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Which version of Debian are you running? etch? Yes I am running Etch. > What do you get if you add "-D" to the aptitude install line? Sorry for such a long Copypasta. # aptitude -D install mediawiki mediawiki-extensions Reading package lists.

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. Whic

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > Hi Debian users > > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. > > Does MediaWik

Re: dependencies problem - open office/adesklets

2006-09-04 Thread Dimitar Vukman
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 17:14:34 -0400 Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems like this bug is already reported > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380757 Aloha, Thanks for posting the info. I guess it'll be fixed soon. -- "Infinite Love Is The Only Truth, Everythi

Re: dependencies problem - open office/adesklets

2006-09-04 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Monday 04 September 2006 06:50, Dimitar Vukman wrote: > Aloha, > > Here's the situation. I want openoffice from testing or unstable, it > wants to remove adesklets and I can't install adeskleds because of deps. > > What to do? Force it? Seems like this bug is already reported http://bugs.debia

Re: dependencies problem - open office/adesklets

2006-09-04 Thread Dimitar Vukman
> results in nothing. Am I missing something here? > > raju It's not in testing, it's in sarge and sid. But the same question remains. Adesklets and openoffice from ustable need different versions of python, adesklets (<< 2.4) && openoffice pn python ( python-uno: Depends: python (>= 2.4) ). ht

Re: dependencies problem - open office/adesklets

2006-09-04 Thread Dimitar Vukman
> What is this adesklets software that you are talking about? On my > Etch machine > > $apt-cache search adesklets > > results in nothing. Am I missing something here? [04:43 PM Mon Sep [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ apt-cache search adesklets adesklets - interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window Syst

Re: dependencies problem - open office/adesklets

2006-09-04 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Monday 04 September 2006 06:50, Dimitar Vukman wrote: > Aloha, > > Here's the situation. I want openoffice from testing or unstable, it > wants to remove adesklets and I can't install adeskleds because of deps. > > What to do? Force it? > What is this adesklets software that you are talking abo

Re: Dependencies in Debian Control file

2006-04-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 04:16:46PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Magnus Therning wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:43:12PM -0500, Ek Zindagoi wrote: > > > >>Hi: > >>I am creating a package in Debian and have some questions about > >>specifying dependencies in the control file. > >>The Dep

Re: Dependencies in Debian Control file

2006-04-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Magnus Therning wrote: > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:43:12PM -0500, Ek Zindagoi wrote: > >>Hi: >>I am creating a package in Debian and have some questions about >>specifying dependencies in the control file. >>The Dependencies make up five of the fields in a control file: Depends, >>Enhances, Pre-D

Re: Dependencies in Debian Control file

2006-04-17 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:43:12PM -0500, Ek Zindagoi wrote: >Hi: > I am creating a package in Debian and have some questions about >specifying dependencies in the control file. > The Dependencies make up five of the fields in a control file: Depends, >Enhances, Pre-Depends, Recommends, and Suggest

Re: Dependencies in Debian Control file

2006-04-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Ek Zindagoi wrote: > Hi: > I am creating a package in Debian and have some questions about > specifying dependencies in the control file. > The Dependencies make up five of the fields in a control file: Depends, > Enhances, Pre-Depends, Recommends, and Suggests. But all the these > fields accept

Re: dependencies

2005-09-20 Thread Alejandro Bonilla Beeche
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 00:27 -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 9/20/05, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, can anyone help me with this dependencies? I can't freaking upgrade. > > > > This is Sid, just did apt-get update and need to update my system a bit. > > > > Any idea?

Re: dependencies

2005-09-20 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 9/20/05, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, can anyone help me with this dependencies? I can't freaking upgrade. > > This is Sid, just did apt-get update and need to update my system a bit. > > Any idea? > [snip] > debian:~# apt-get -f install > Reading package lists...

Re: Dependencies Problem

2004-08-13 Thread cep welly
Umar Draz wrote: hi dear members! i have question about dependencies. I want to install qmail thats why i need courier-imap and courier-imap-ssl. when i want to install courier-imap i face dependcey of exim but i don't want to install exim. so, remove exim if you don't want it to. there's sev

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-25 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a slow Internet connection at home. :-( > > I can't yet use apt-zip since my home 'ppp' link still doesn't work > (non-"8 bit clean" issues) thus prohibiting me from updating the apt > database via the net. :-( > >

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-19 Thread Kenneth Jacker
aj> You can: aj> aj> - Copy the files in /var/lib/apt/lists from the office machine as well aj> - Use apt-move on the office machine to move the downloaded files into a aj> hierarchy that you can add to your sources.list on your home computer, aj> e.g. using apt-cdrom aj> - Read t

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-18 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Kenneth Jacker (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have a slow Internet connection at home. :-( > > I can't yet use apt-zip since my home 'ppp' link still doesn't work > (non-"8 bit clean" issues) thus prohibiting me from updating the apt > database via the net. :-( > > > So, in order to

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:52:56AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > I don't understand. There's no package called libxrender1.1 in any > Debian distribution, and no mention of it in any other package's > dependencies. Where are you getting it from? Hmm. From http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evi

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-23 Thread CaT
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:52:56AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:12:11AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > I don't understand. There's no package called libxrender1.1 in any > Debian distribution, and no mention of it in any other package's > dependencies. Where are you getting it

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:12:11AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:50:53PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > And now you see why all that other stuff had to be removed. It depends on > > libxrender1, and you're trying to install libxrender1.1... > > So libxrender1.1 isn't backwar

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:50:53PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > And now you see why all that other stuff had to be removed. It depends on > libxrender1, and you're trying to install libxrender1.1... So libxrender1.1 isn't backward-compatible and you can't have both installed? > It's doing exactl

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:41:43PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm trying to install the newest avidemux (2.0.20) on my Testing system. > Since Christian Marillat hasn't built a .deb of it, I have to build it. > Can't be installed because it depends on libxrender1.1, which isn't going to > be ins

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

2003-12-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Carl Fink: > I'm trying to install the newest avidemux (2.0.20) on my Testing system. > Since Christian Marillat hasn't built a .deb of it, I have to build it. You can save yourself a lot of time with "apt-get --dry-run install avidemux". That tells me there's mountains of stuff th

Re: Dependencies and .deb vs creating .deb's from source code

2003-09-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:43:06PM +0100, Chris Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently involved in a Debian-distro based project which aims to > create an Internet caching product for schools which would hopefully take > the form of a Debian install CD which would install

Re: dependencies .... ???

2003-01-07 Thread David Z Maze
Dave Selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a ham v90 winmodem .. I tracked down the driver for it which is > Intel-V92ham-451 It installs with ... > > make clean > make ham > make install When you 'make ham', how does it find your actual kernel source? You almost certainly need unpacked ker

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-20 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > postfix was designed from the beginning with security in mind. And it's > > easier to configure than sendmail or qmail. > > Periodically I begin to believe in such statements only to after the > installation each time find myself desperately searc

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-20 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
jpb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > postfix was designed from the beginning with security in mind. And it's > easier to configure than sendmail or qmail. Periodically I begin to believe in such statements only to after the installation each time find myself desperately searching up and down the do

RE: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Lehel Bernadt
On 12-Jun-2000 Chris Mason wrote: > I'm trying to install postfix and remove exim, I am having a problem because > "apt-get remove exim" fails because there are dependent programs. I don't > care, I would like to force the removal and then install postfix but even > "apt-get -f remove exim" fails.

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 02:33:41PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > I'm trying to install postfix and remove exim, I am having a problem because > "apt-get remove exim" fails because there are dependent programs. I don't > care, I would like to force the removal and then install postfix but even > "apt

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread jpb
Sven Burgener wrote: > > >I had no problems ditching exim and installing postfix a few months > ago. > > What advantages / plus-points does postfix have over exim? > I have only been using exim for a week now. Ran sendmail before, but as > I wasn't able to configure it to my (simple) needs, I swi

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > When I try to run dselect, it wants to uninstall packages that I have > installed myself, so that won't do. You should try to fix that problem. But do run dselect update first, to make sure apt and dselect agree in the package available file... (also, mak

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Sven Burgener wrote: > >I had no problems ditching exim and installing postfix a few months > ago. > > What advantages / plus-points does postfix have over exim? Secure design, using chroot jails (even in Debian's default installation), only the postfix 'master' daemon runs a

RE: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Chris Mason
2000 2:48 PM To: Henrique M Holschuh; Debian-User Subject: Re: dependencies rpoblem >I had no problems ditching exim and installing postfix a few months ago. What advantages / plus-points does postfix have over exim? I have only been using exim for a week now. Ran sendmail before, but as

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Sven Burgener
>I had no problems ditching exim and installing postfix a few months ago. What advantages / plus-points does postfix have over exim? I have only been using exim for a week now. Ran sendmail before, but as I wasn't able to configure it to my (simple) needs, I switched to exim. TIA Sven

Re: dependencies rpoblem

2000-06-12 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > I'm trying to install postfix and remove exim, I am having a problem because > "apt-get remove exim" fails because there are dependent programs. I don't > care, I would like to force the removal and then install postfix but even > "apt-get -f remove exim"

RE: dependencies

1999-06-26 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
y, June 26, 1999 3:05 PM To: Brendon Baumgartner Subject: Re: dependencies Brendon Baumgartner wrote: > > I don't get any error messages. When i'm using dselect and it does "checking > dependencies" it gets stuck. It just sits there and does nothing. I did an > upgr

Re: dependencies

1999-05-09 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MM" == Matthew McFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MM> I'm getting these errors... yet I have these files in /lib/ MM> failed dependencies: MM> ld-linux.so.2 is needed by XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-4 MM> libc.so.6 is needed by XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-4 [...] You don't use Debian, right? This

Re: dependencies

1999-04-21 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 20 Apr, Branden Robinson wrote about "Re: dependencies" > On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:00:58AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: >> #!/bin/sh >> # findlibpkg: Find the libs that a executable depends on and what >> # package they are in. >> # >&

Re: dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:00:58AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > #!/bin/sh > # findlibpkg: Find the libs that a executable depends on and what > # package they are in. > # > # usage: findlibpkg > > LIST=`ldd $1 | cut -d" " -f3` > for i in $LIST ; do > zgrep "`echo $i | sed -e

Re: dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 20 Apr, ktb wrote about "dependencies" > A few weeks ago someone posted a command that showed the dependencies of > a program. I must have inadvertently deleted it and can't find it in > the archives. Anyway I would like to know how to reveal what libs a > program uses or needs and once I f

Re: dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Richard Harran
In my excitement over just how useful the apropos command is, I forgot to include the following in my previous posting: To find package which owns : dpkg -S I guess this may not work if you don't have the package installed yet, which is when it would be most useful. I guess the only way

Re: dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Richard Harran
ldd list the dynamic libraries which the binary executable requires. A really good tip for finding out what the name of a command is (which I stumbled across in the Debian Users Manual) is: apropos which lists appropriate man page titles with a brief overview. eg: $ apropos libr

Re: dependencies

1999-04-20 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi, On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 08:20:22AM -0500, ktb wrote: > A few weeks ago someone posted a command that showed the dependencies of > a program. I must have inadvertently deleted it and can't find it in > the archives. Anyway I would like to know how to reveal what libs a > program uses or needs

Re: dependencies in dselect...

1998-08-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Alan Su wrote: : is there anyway to permanently override the "suggests" form of : dependency in dselect? i have a system on which i want xbase : installed, but not an xserver. every time i run dselect, it insists : on changing the status of xserver-vga16, xfntbase75, and