Re: RE: 2 ftpds packages conflicts
Just a thought. I have no need to install such,
somewhat conflicting, services:
The equivs package is meant to trick dpkg.
Perhaps equivs, or some modification of equivs, can be useful here?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean-Sebastien Pilon <jspilon@PENSON.CA>
Date: Monday, November 6, 2006 7:28 pm
Subject: RE: 2 ftpds packages conflicts
> I agree with you, this is un-necessary conflicts.
>
> Jean-Sébastien Pilon
> Systems Administrator
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerrit Pape [pape@smarden.org]
> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:02 AM
> > To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: 2 ftpds packages conflicts
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:23:19AM -0500, Jean-Sebastien Pilon
> wrote:> > Hello all,
> > >
> > > It might not be the best place to aask this, but I have
> > been seeking for
> > > help elsewhere and found no satisfactory resolution to my
> > problem and it
> > > is package related ;)
> > >
> > > I run a system with 2 ftpds (pure-ftpd and vsftpd) and they are
> both> > debian stock packages
> > >
> > > Whenever I try to do anything with apt, I get the following
> > message. If
> > > I try to install something, it wants to remove one of the ftpds
> > > packages...
> > >
> > > I tried putting both packages on hold, no success, it still
> wants to
> > > remove it.
> > >
> > > Any idea how i can fix this ?
> >
> > This is a general problem with packages providing services
> > and declaring
> > conflicts for this reason. I suggested, and personally
> implement, a
> > solution to this, but others seem not to like it that much
> >
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/08/msg01314.html
> >
> > HTH, Gerrit.
> >
> >
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