Bug#618533: gs-esp has disappeared

[Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>
>> Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.7.2), libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21), libglade2-0
> [...]
>> cupsys | cups, gs-esp, libcups2 | libcupsys2 (>= 1.1.23)
>
> Ah, good --- it's an unversioned dependency, so a Provides could work.
> Does the driver work ok after running the following?
>
> -- 8< -- cut here ---
> apt-get install equivs
> cat >fake-gs-esp.control <<\EOF
> Package: fake-gs-esp
> Provides: gs-esp
> EOF
> equivs-build fake-gs-esp.control
> dpkg -i fake-gs-esp_1.0_all.deb
> -- >8 --

Ok works.
Just for the record (restating the obvious??)
Before the dpkg -i above I removed (purge) the cndrvcups-capt
cndrvcups-common and gs-esp packages.

Dropped Kenshi Muto cc since he probably (assuming  he is in Japan)
has bigger problems right now than bugs reported by pesky debian users
:-)