Re: Possible solution to Local dependency satisfaction
On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> One of the biggest problems with the current packaging system (ignoring
> issues of dselect interfaces) is that there is no mechanism for satisfying
> dependencies with programs that are located in /usr/local.
[snip]
> I will finally be getting some time this weekend to begin work on the
> dpkg-lib reorganization I volunteered for. I will look for the proper
> place to add this "feature" during my code evaluation and report back on
> the difficulty of implementing this idea.
> Any comments?
Yes _(;
A while ago, someone (don't remember who it was through)
suggested this feature as a dpkg option. e.g:
% dpkg --local-package sendmail_8.8.5
To let dpkg/dselect know that the system has it's own local version of
sendmail.
I would add that I'd like this feature to take into account virtual
packages too. e.g:
% dpkg --local-package www-browser
'cos I installed foowww, which is a www browser that is not a debian package
(yet _(; )
IMHO, It will be more simple to use this way, than having a special conffile.
Cordialement,
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