Hi, maybe I'm missing something (so please don't flog me :)) but I think
apt doesn't handle properly the Depends field.
Here there is an example, gallery depends on:
>> Depends: apache | apache-ssl | apache-perl, ...
On my machine I haven't installed any of them, so if I run apt-get it
installs apache (which is the rule? It takes the first?):
# apt-get install gallery
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
[ .. snip .. ]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache gallery libmm13 libnetpbm10 libtiff3g netpbm php4
[ .. snip .. ]
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
But if I try to install gallery and apache-ssl, apt tries to install
both apache and apache-ssl.
# apt-get install gallery apache-ssl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
[ .. snip .. ]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache apache-ssl gallery libmm13 libnetpbm10 libtiff3g netpbm php4
[ .. snip .. ]
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
If I really want to install gallery and apache-ssl and I really don't
want apache I have to run apt-get install as follows:
# apt-get install gallery apache-ssl apache-
[ .. snip .. ]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache-ssl gallery libmm13 libnetpbm10 libtiff3g netpbm php4
[ .. snip .. ]
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
I'm missing something or this is an apt bug?
Thanks in advance,
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Fabio Tranchitella
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