Re: Using the result of equivs (dummy package for dependencies)

2016-09-12 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 at 00:25, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2016-09-11 at 11:13, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > So I've used the equivs-control and equivs-build commands from the > > equivs package to create a dummy package which has all the needed > > dependencies. My proble

Re: Using the result of equivs (dummy package for dependencies)

2016-09-11 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-09-11 at 11:13, Mark Fletcher wrote: > So I've used the equivs-control and equivs-build commands from the > equivs package to create a dummy package which has all the needed > dependencies. My problem is I can't do anything with the created > package -- I obvi

Using the result of equivs (dummy package for dependencies)

2016-09-11 Thread Mark Fletcher
the package and have aptitude remove all the dependencies that were only there for it -- keep things tidy. So I've used the equivs-control and equivs-build commands from the equivs package to create a dummy package which has all the needed dependencies. My problem is I can't do anything

Re: Stale file in Debian after change of equivs package

2014-12-03 Thread mad
Perfect! That what I was searching for. The configuration is marked as obsolete! Thank you! Am 02.12.2014 um 23:29 schrieb Bob Proulx: > Don Armstrong wrote: >> mad wrote: >>> I am using equivs to create simple packages with dependencies >>> and a few files. >>&

Re: Stale file in Debian after change of equivs package

2014-12-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Don Armstrong wrote: > mad wrote: > > I am using equivs to create simple packages with dependencies and a few > > files. > > > > Now I removed one file from the equivs package and installed the > > resulting deb file. The deb file does not contain the file but dpk

Re: Stale file in Debian after change of equivs package

2014-12-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014, mad wrote: > I am using equivs to create simple packages with dependencies and a few > files. > > Now I removed one file from the equivs package and installed the > resulting deb file. The deb file does not contain the file but dpkg did > not remove the old

Stale file in Debian after change of equivs package

2014-12-02 Thread mad
Hi! I am using equivs to create simple packages with dependencies and a few files. Now I removed one file from the equivs package and installed the resulting deb file. The deb file does not contain the file but dpkg did not remove the old file and says that the file belongs to the package. What

Re: Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all

2013-06-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 03 iun 13, 04:05:15, Regid Ichira wrote: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > gimp{u} gimp-data{u} gnome-accessibility-themes{u} > gnome-themes-standard{u} gnome-themes-standard-data{u} hyphen-en-us{u} > libamd2.2.0{u} libbabl-0.1-0{u} libfs6{u} libgegl-0.

Re: Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all

2013-06-02 Thread Regid Ichira
I am not subscribed to the list. Did I managed to set In-reply-to header? The thread this message belongs to is http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/06/msg00040.html I think Claudius Hubig was right with the observation that task-desktop pulled many packages: As proposed by Andrei POPESC

Re: Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all

2013-06-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
Dear Andrei, dear Regid, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 02 iun 13, 03:45:05, Regid Ichira wrote: > > $ aptitude show task-desktop | grep -A1 Depends > > Depends: tasksel, xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, > > desktop-base, menu >

Re: Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all

2013-06-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 iun 13, 03:45:05, Regid Ichira wrote: > > > $ aptitude show task-desktop | grep -A1 Depends > Depends: tasksel, xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, > desktop-base, menu > > > Is craeting an equivs xserver-xorg-video-a

Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all

2013-06-01 Thread Regid Ichira
-xorg-video-all tries to remove lot of packages. Because of the following dependency: $ aptitude show task-desktop | grep -A1 Depends Depends: tasksel, xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, desktop-base, menu Is craeting an equivs xserver-xorg-video-all

Re: equivs-build of i386 deb on amd64

2012-12-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
the deb but does not. Like this: Well, I cheated... I created an i386 system with d-i beta4 solely to use equivs once. And it worked. But why can't you build i386 debs on an amd64 system? And why could I once? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org w

equivs-build of i386 deb on amd64

2012-12-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
. Like this: == root@SDB03:/# equivs-build control dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_prep dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_install Use of uninitialized value $dh{"FIRSTPACKAGE"} in string eq at /usr/bin/dh_install line 143. dh_i

Re: making .deb in equivs fails

2007-11-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:14:25AM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > okay, i got the deb to make, but i am still unable to > use it to install the dependant/suggested programs, > probably my fault, missed something in setting it up, suggestions? You could start by giving more info, like how are you

Re: making .deb in equivs fails

2007-11-27 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:29:36PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > trying to make a dummy package in equivs, followed all > instructions and edited the resulting control file as > root. on the equivs-build step get the following > output > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/terminalphile-

Re: making .deb in equivs fails

2007-11-27 Thread joseph lockhart
okay, i got the deb to make, but i am still unable to use it to install the dependant/suggested programs, probably my fault, missed something in setting it up, suggestions? jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 this user is penguin powered _

making .deb in equivs fails

2007-11-26 Thread joseph lockhart
trying to make a dummy package in equivs, followed all instructions and edited the resulting control file as root. on the equivs-build step get the following output [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/terminalphile-0.1$ sudo equivs-build terminalphile 822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please use

one more equivs problem

2005-09-29 Thread Natalie
Hello, Martin! I am trying to create a dummy mail package, using equivs. the error message: dh_installchangelogs parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at changelog line 5 dh_installchangelogs: changelog parse failure make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 Error during the

setting Ruby as installed with equivs

2005-05-10 Thread jean
rk ruby as installed with equivs. I've tried to write the ruby control file for equivs but I haven't found the way to mark as installed all the packages needed. Looking at the dependencies seems that the following equivs control file should be enough but it marks only the package ruby and then w

Re: Why did apt-get remove my equivs-made package to install gnupg?

2004-09-05 Thread Travis Crump
Adam Funk wrote: > I compiled GnuPG myself and installed it in /usr/local/. To satisfy > dependencies I created the following control file > > Package: gnupg-af > Provides: gnupg > Conflicts: gnupg > Description: GnuPG compiled by AF. > GnuPG compiled by AF > > and made a package file and insta

Re: Why did apt-get remove my equivs-made package to install gnupg?

2004-09-05 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Adam Funk (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I compiled GnuPG myself and installed it in /usr/local/. To satisfy > dependencies I created the following control file > > Package: gnupg-af > Provides: gnupg > Conflicts: gnupg > Description: GnuPG compiled by AF. > GnuPG compiled by AF >From m

Why did apt-get remove my equivs-made package to install gnupg?

2004-09-05 Thread Adam Funk
I compiled GnuPG myself and installed it in /usr/local/. To satisfy dependencies I created the following control file Package: gnupg-af Provides: gnupg Conflicts: gnupg Description: GnuPG compiled by AF. GnuPG compiled by AF and made a package file and installed it. A few days ago, while I was

Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
, I created automatically one file for each deb package (equivalent to do lots of times: equivs-control name): -- Section: x11 Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.4.0 Package: xlibs Version: 4.4.0 Maintainer: XX <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Hamid
ted automatically one file for each deb package (equivalent to do lots of times: equivs-control name): -- Section: x11 Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.4.0 Package: xlibs Version: 4.4.0 Maintainer: XX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Ricardo Lima
ted automatically one file for each deb package (equivalent to do lots of times: equivs-control name): -- Section: x11 Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.4.0 Package: xlibs Version: 4.4.0 Maintainer: XX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Now I would like to use equivs to tell apt that xfree86 4.4.0 is installed. ..you installed 4.4.0 from sources into '/usr/local'? That tree is outside apt's "jurisdiction. I have already tested equivs with xfree86-common and it is working (apt knows that it is installed).

Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
l it. > Now I would like to use equivs to tell apt that xfree86 4.4.0 is > installed. ..you installed 4.4.0 from sources into '/usr/local'? That tree is outside apt's "jurisdiction. > I have already tested equivs with xfree86-common and it is working > (apt knows tha

Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

2004-03-08 Thread Ricardo Lima
Hi, I am trying to install the xfree86 4.4.0 from sources in a debian testing machine running kernel 2.6.3. I was able to compile xfree86 and install it. Now I would like to use equivs to tell apt that xfree86 4.4.0 is installed. I have already tested equivs with xfree86-common and it is working

Re: using equivs to replace debian packages

2003-10-23 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:48:19PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: | The "problems" are the | | Replaces: mail-transport-agent | Provides: mail-transport-agent | Conflicts: mail-transport-agent | | fields in exim's control file. The intentional effect of these package | relationships is to for

Re: using equivs to replace debian packages

2003-10-23 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 11:00:54AM +0200, John L. Fjellstad wrote: | I use equivs to replace debian packages, for lots of reasons (need a newer | version of a package, or in case of mta, I like to have better control of how | the qmail package is installed). | | The problem is that the already

Re: using equivs to replace debian packages

2003-10-18 Thread Brian Nelson
"John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use equivs to replace debian packages, for lots of reasons (need a newer > version of a package, or in case of mta, I like to have better control of how > the qmail package is installed). > > The problem is th

using equivs to replace debian packages

2003-10-17 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I use equivs to replace debian packages, for lots of reasons (need a newer version of a package, or in case of mta, I like to have better control of how the qmail package is installed). The problem is that the already installed debian package is

X 4.3 equivs

2003-07-13 Thread Piero
I compiled, just for th fun of doing it once, X 4.3. Now I shoud build the equivs files for apt. I suppose I have to download the equivs package. And then: which equivs should I build? Please: do not bother to tell me a detaild list. Just tell me: how can I know which equvs should be builded

Re: Equivs

2003-07-11 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Piero wrote: > I have just (re)installed the whole of Debian Woody and I'm confronted > with a problem I encoutered when I first installed it. My video card is > a Radeon 9000, not recognised by the X server (and may-be by the X > libraries) belonging to the Debian distributions. The other

Equivs

2003-07-11 Thread Piero
the X tarball from the XFree86 site, and installed it using their Xinstall program. All worked well, but I suppose I would have had problems with apt or dpkg if I tried to use them. Therfore this time I'd rather try to do thinks more properly. I understand that I should create an equi

Re: equivs package usage

2001-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
tfix' for 'nullmailer'. ( I had installed >nullmail after compiling from a tarball, was having problems, and >discovered Adam McKenna had produced a .deb) > >---- > >> (1) Make a dummy qmail package with equivs, and have it provide >> mail-trans

equivs package usage

2001-06-07 Thread john gennard
had installed nullmail after compiling from a tarball, was having problems, and discovered Adam McKenna had produced a .deb) > (1) Make a dummy qmail package with equivs, and have it provide > mail-transport-agent; > > (2) dpkg --install qmail.deb > > (3) Wa

Re: equivs errors

2001-02-20 Thread Neil Grant
adding the source and change the package line has fixed it, thanks for the fast response Neil - Original Message - From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:58 AM Subject: Re: equivs errors > "Neil Grant" <[

Re: equivs errors

2001-02-20 Thread Colin Watson
"Neil Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am trying to create a dumby package for qmail, I have created a ctl file >from the template (the attached file), [...] >parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted heading line, at changelog >line 1 You need a "Source:" line in the first block of the co

equivs errors

2001-02-20 Thread Neil Grant
hi I am trying to create a dumby package for qmail, I have created a ctl file from the template (the attached file), then when I do 'equivs qmail.ctl' I get the output shown below thanks Neil dh_testdir touch build-stamp dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k # Add here commands to i

Re: equivs problem-o

2000-07-10 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Hi, Brien> Maintainer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This has to be: Maintainer: Michael O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ciao, Martin

Re: equivs problem-o

2000-07-10 Thread Michael O'Brien
Hola~ I've attached the file. I've tried equivs-build with a blank Changelog: line, without a Changelog: line, and with an empty Changelog file. MO >-- On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:53:45AM +0200, % wrote: > Hi, > > Brien> dh_installchangelogs > Brien> pars

Re: equivs problem-o

2000-07-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Hi, Brien> dh_installchangelogs Brien> parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at changelog line 5 Brien> dh_installchangelogs: changelog parse failure Brien> make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 Brien> Error during the build process: Illegal seek at /usr/bin/equ

equivs problem-o

2000-07-07 Thread Michael O'Brien
Hola~ I'm trying to use equivs to update the debian database so that I can once again use apt-get. Essentially, I have an NVidia card so I had to install XFree86 4.0 and NVidia's OpenGL implementation. I use equivs-control to build a ctl file. I remove the Readme, Changelog, and Extra

still having equivs problems

1999-10-09 Thread Pollywog
I am still having problems with the "equivs" package. I tried to do an upgrade and got this: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: aktion: Depends: libqt1g (>= 1:1.44-6.3) but it is not installable geheimnis: Depends: libqt1g (>= 1:1.44-6.3) but it is

Re: equivs problem FIXED

1999-10-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 07:18:23PM -, Pollywog wrote: > BTW the error seems to be "Standards-Version:" should be just "Version:" Standards-Version specifies which version of the policy document the package complies with. Version specifies the version of the package. -- Mark Brown mailto:[

Re: equivs problem FIXED

1999-10-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 03-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote: >> >> On 03-Oct-99 Mark Brown wrote: >>> This package has no epoch number, so its version number less than that >>> of the official package. If you add an epoch to your fake package >>> everything should work as planned. >> >> Thank

Re: equivs problem

1999-10-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 03-Oct-99 Mark Brown wrote: >> This package has no epoch number, so its version number less than that >> of the official package. If you add an epoch to your fake package >> everything should work as planned. > > Thanks, I am beginning to remember about the e

Re: equivs problem

1999-10-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Oct-99 Mark Brown wrote: > This package has no epoch number, so its version number less than that > of the official package. If you add an epoch to your fake package > everything should work as planned. Thanks, I am beginning to remember about the epoch now. I tried to add one but it did

Re: equivs problem

1999-10-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 04:56:16PM -, Pollywog wrote: > I am trying to install some new deb packages and I am using a *fake* qt1g > package which I made with the equivs utility. Geheimnis will not upgrade > because the version of qt I have (the fake) is too new. I have never se

equivs problem

1999-10-03 Thread Pollywog
I am trying to install some new deb packages and I am using a *fake* qt1g package which I made with the equivs utility. Geheimnis will not upgrade because the version of qt I have (the fake) is too new. I have never seen this problem before. Anyone know how I can fix it? dpkg: dependency

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Werner> wasn't able to find this package. It is from unstable. But wait, do you mean, you currently don't have perl installed? Equivs needs perl (not only perl-base) for its operation. So install the perl package. Build your fake package that provides perl, install it, deinstall the

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Werner Reisberger
On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 04:10:27PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Werner> I tried to use the latest unstable version of equivs but this > Werner> version depends on a debian perl package and that is exactly > Werner> one of the packages I would like to fake with equivs. &

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Pollywog" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pollywog> I don't see the problem, and I was able to install a newer Pollywog> kcrontabs package with no problem. The older kcrontabs Pollywog> package was looking for an older kdelibs version, kdelibs0 I Pollywog> believe it was. Your fake p

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Aug-99 Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > Maybe it depended on a specific verision you did not provide or > such. Checking dpkg -s your-fake-package and dpkg --info > problematic-package.deb should show why it doesn't work. Unfortunately, I forgot to keep the package that I installed (the fake

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Pollywog" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pollywog> It worked for me, though I did have a problem with one Pollywog> package (kcrontab I believe) when I tried to install it. It Pollywog> would not see my fake kdelibs, if I recall correctly. Maybe it depended on a specific verision yo

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Aug-99 Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > Werner> I tried to use the latest unstable version of equivs but this > Werner> version depends on a debian perl package and that is exactly > Werner> one of the packages I would like to fake with equivs. > > equivs 1.999.9

Re: equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Werner" == Werner Reisberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Werner> I installed equivs (stable version) and put the line perl, Werner> perl5 into /etc/equivs.conf but the installation of sysutils Werner> still fails complaining about a not installed perl5 package Wer

equivs doesn't work

1999-08-08 Thread Werner Reisberger
I tried to use equivs to fake the perl package which is needed by sysutils and probably many other packages. I installed equivs (stable version) and put the line perl, perl5 into /etc/equivs.conf but the installation of sysutils still fails complaining about a not installed perl5 package (btw

equivs problem with kdelibs

1999-08-02 Thread Pollywog
I installed the deb package for kcrontab, and my system won't install the source version because it requires include files that were part of an older KDE version. I installed a fake kdelibs package, using equivs and that has worked well until now. I installed the kcrontab package wit

Re: equivs

1999-06-14 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "LC" == Lex Chive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LC> So, did I miss something? How am I supposed to use equivs, I just LC> put the package name in /etc/equivs.conf and run debian/rules LC> binary, right? The equivs package in slink doesn't work with apt too

equivs

1999-06-13 Thread Lex Chive
Here is the problem: I am trying to install ssltelnet, but it depends on libsocks4 (tho I dont see why). I already have socks5 on my system so obviously I dont want to install libsocks4 over this. So I configured equivs to provide libsocks4. No I have: anoat:/usr/src# dpkg --status equivs

Re: Equivs and Mail problem

1999-05-20 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "DM" == Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DM> Why am I getting all those unresolved dependencies? I thought that DM> was what equivs was for? The version in slink does not work well with apt. You installed a new equivs package with different dependencies

Equivs and Mail problem

1999-05-20 Thread Damon Muller
st, I used the equivs package to provide an equiv for mail-transport-agent. I think I did the quivs correctly. In /etc/equivs.conf I have: $ cat /etc/equivs.conf mail-transport-agent I installed the resulting deb file. When I have a look at the deb file in mc it says "Provides: mail-trans

dpkg/apt/equivs problem

1999-02-02 Thread Daniel Elenius
t works just fine to install new packages with that. So I tried another solution: the equiv package, which is supposed to fool the system into beleiving that packages are installed when they're not. I followed the instructions in that package: edited an /etc/equivs.conf file with 'qt-1