Re: dpkg non-non maintainer release
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > PS: As a sidenote I tried apt, it forced me to do vi /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > three times where dselect/dpkg didn't force me. I still like the ftp-method
> > more, except that it can't handle more source locations which is a major
> > lack in my eyes.
>
> Really? Is this beacuse you had 'broken' packages installed and didn't
> want to fix the problems?
>
> That's the only reason that has come up so far to hack the status file.
The system was set up some five years ago as a Slackware box, converted
into a debianoid system some two - three years ago and converted into
a Debian system some weeks ago. The problems reflected some old and/or
fake/dummy packages to fulfil dependencies. Thus you may want to read
it as 'broken' packages.
Regards,
Joey
--
The MS-DOS filesystem is nice for removable media. -- H. Peter Anvin
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