Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 05:58, Joakim Hove wrote: > Hello Debian Masters, > > I have just switched RedHat -> Debian, and so far I must say I am *very > pleased* with the conversion, mostly due to the packaging, I never > really got allong with RPM. However I still do have some (small ?) > questions

Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:58:27PM +0100, Joakim Hove wrote: > 2. I have read that the debian packages do not contain version > numbers from the packaged software. However for instance emacs > exists as both emacs20 and emacs21 packages, does that imply that > to debians packagesystem

Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joakim Hove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.01.27.1258 +0100]: > 1. Say (for instance) I want to remove kde completely from my box, if > I then try for instance: > > bash% dpkg -P kdelibs3 > > there is no end to the failing dependencies, and not is > removed. Is it possib