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Re: packages that depend on automake | automake1.5



On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:39:32PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> * glade-gnome recommends automake (>= 1.4-1)
> * automake1.5 is version 1.5-1.1, and "provides" automake

Versioned dependencies aren't satisfied by provides.

> Is it "dselect" for not honouring the fact that automake1.5 provides
> "automake" and the version is indeed >= 1.4 ?  Or should glade-gnome
> recommend "automake | automake1.5", if such a construct is even possible?

Recommending "automake", or "automake1.4 | automake1.5", or "automake
(>= 1.4) | automake1.5" would all be okay.

Cheers,
aj

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