Re: Conflicts in libgtk*-dev
*-Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
|
| On 30 Jan 1999, Ole J. Tetlie wrote:
|
| > Am I overlooking something obvious here?
| >
| > libgtk1.1.13-dev provides libgtk-dev and libgtk1.1-dev
| >
| > but
| >
| > libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev
| >
| > this means that gnome-apt refuses to install libgtk1.1.13-dev,
| > a package that I sorely need. Aren't these relationships somewhat odd.
|
| Nothing odd there.
|
| libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev so that it won't be installed at
| the same time as any other package which provides: libgtk-dev.
OK, I have probably misunderstood something.
libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev, and does not provide
libgtk-dev. I read the packaging-manual in a way that makes
it impossible to install _any_ package that provides both.
The relevant sections(?):
When one package declares a conflict with another dpkg will refuse to
allow them to be installed on the system at the same time.
A special exception is made for packages which declare a conflict with
their own package name, or with a virtual package which they provide
(see below): this does not prevent their installation, and allows a
package to conflict with others providing a replacement for it. You use
this feature when you want the package in question to be the only
package providing something.
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