Re: apt-rpm article -- the features we don't have

[Andrew Pollock <debian-lists@andrew.net.au>]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 07:50:29PM -0800, A.J. Rossini wrote:
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[snip]

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> Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
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[snip]

> >
> > To install a package directly, with apt downloading any necessary
> > dependencies:
> >   apt-get install rpmver-2.0-13498cl.i386.rpm
> 
> couldn't this just refer to dpkg --install ?

But that won't satisfy any dependencies that the package you're installing
has.
 
> > Similarly, to check the build depends of a source package file:
> >   apt-get build-dep apt-listchanges-1.49-11104cl.src.rpm
> 
> similarly...?

See above.
 
regards

Andrew