Re: virtual package question

2014-10-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 16 Oct 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: > - how does one explicitly install a lower-priority alternative, and You just explicitly install it. For example, if you were installing something that needed mail-transport-agent, but didn't already have something that provided it, and didn't want exim

Re: virtual package question

2014-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Don Armstrong wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: As I dig more into the whole question of installing alternate init systems, I realize that I'm a bit confused about the behavior of apt- when it comes to virtual packages; and I can't find any documentation that clarifies things. Y

Re: virtual package question

2014-10-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 16 Oct 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: > As I dig more into the whole question of installing alternate init systems, > I realize that I'm a bit confused about the behavior of apt- when it comes > to virtual packages; and I can't find any documentation that clarifies > things. You're looking fo

virtual package question

2014-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Folks, As I dig more into the whole question of installing alternate init systems, I realize that I'm a bit confused about the behavior of apt- when it comes to virtual packages; and I can't find any documentation that clarifies things. Specifically, in this situation: Package: A Depends: B