Re: General exclusion-package package (was: Bug#138541: ITP: debian-sanitize)
Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> writes:
> On 19-Mar-02, 10:26 (CST), Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> wrote:
> > $ apt-cache show equivs
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used
> > might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please
> > note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing
> > with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead.
>
> But that's only when you're claiming to have installed something that
> that you haven't (consider one with "provides: perl5"), not something
> inherent in the equivs package itself. Using it to 'conflict' is hardly
> likely to break your system. If it is, then any package that provides
> such functionality is equally likely to break the system. My point was
> that such a package already existed, no need to re-write it.
Not constructing a pair of scissors because you have a chain saw
already? Not very convincing.
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