Bug#1382: rcs not recognized by dpkg
On Wed, 20 Sep 95 03:43 BST, Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk> said:
> I don't have any problems selecting or deselecting RCS and/or CVS in
> dselect, and I can install rcs quite happily. I don't know what you
Hmmm... :-/
> mean by the `"configured" box' being `empty' - there isn't a
> `"configured" box'. There's a current installation status box (the
Poor choice of words on my part. I was referring to the status box.
> I column of HIOS), which always contains a non-blank character. In
> 0.93.75 and later you can use the `v' key to get a more verbose
> display which explains things in words instead of funny characters.
> Can you please show me a session transcript where you do dpkg
> --install .../rcs.deb dpkg --install .../cvs.deb dpkg --status rcs
> cvs ?
I'll do so as soon as I can.
> I'm using dpkg 0.93.76, the latest, but there have been no changes
> in this area that I'd expect to solve symptoms like yours.
> Your rcs package isn't on hold is it ? If it were you'd get
> messages from dpkg about it, and you could use dpkg --force-hold or
> the `G' key in dselect.
I'll check on this, too. Thanks.
--Mike
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