Re: dummy packages

[Rogerio Brito <rbrito@iname.com>]

On Mar 06 2001, John Patton wrote:
> This is offtopic, but how would I go about creating and
> installing a dummy package, such that I could compile it
> from source, and yet have dpkg know that it's there for
> dependencies, etc?

	Well, one alternative is to just make a package claiming the
	dependency that you want the package system to know. Another
	alternative (and a bit more standard) is to use Debian's
	equivs package.

	But the best (but not so easy) way is indeed to simply package
	the program in question.


	[]s, Roger...

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