Re: Can I simulate a weak conflict?
Hi,
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:46:42AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
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> Yes, I think I understand what you want.
>
> You want something that is a non-imperative equivalent to
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> "Conflicts: udev (<< 0.060-1)"
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> i.e. one that wouldn't force the result, but would recommend it.
That's it.
> > And conflicting with udev (<< 0.060-1) isn't satisfactory either
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> In that case, I think you'll have to compromise on one of the two
> options you don't like, since I'm pretty sure you can't
> "anti-recommends" something with current deb format.
If there's currently no way to set up such things, it might be worth
suggesting to add such a feature to next-generation .deb format. Don't
you think so?
Oh, and I just thought there could be a workaround. I could make a new
no-udev empty package that conflicts with udev, and then write
"Recommends: no-udev | udev (>= 0.060-1)".
I guess this would behave as expected, but I think that having one more
package only for this would be quite insane!
Cheers,
Nicolas
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