Re: What's wrong with wmaker and wmaker-plain?

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:

> >> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> 
>  > It does this on both my Intel Woody system, and my Sparc Potato
>  > system.  Any attempt to do an "apt-get dist-upgrade" declares wmaker
>  > and wmaker-plain are to be removed, even when I set them on HOLD
>  > using dselect!
> 
>  Hmm... which version of wmaker do you have and which version do you
>  want to install?  The wmaker-plain package doesn't exist anymore, and
>  it's provided by wmaker.

Well, on the Sparc, it's wmaker 0.61.1-1, while on the Intel it's 0.61.1-4

The available file says that the same versions are available as are
provided.

Even when I mark wmaker as being on hold using dselect, once I run
'apt-get dist-upgrade' and abort when told wmaker is to be removed, the
package is now marked 'installed remove remove'.

There was a fair amount of dependency resolution involved in marking the
package on Hold. I suspect this is what makes apt-get wish to remove it...

Thanks,

Dwarf
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