Re: override a package dependency (without rebuilding package)

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Jérémy Lal [Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:52:49 +0100]:

> Hi,
> is there a way to change a package dependency without rebuilding it ?
> For example, gimp2.6 depends on libwebkit-1.0.1, and i want latest libwebkit-1.0.2
> installed. I don't really care to break that dependency since gimp will work
> without libwebkit (although some stuff will be broken, but i don't mind).
> Of course i force installed libwebkit-1.0.2, still i don't want aptitude to complain
> about gimp being broken. And i don't feel like fixing and rebuilding gimp, nor
> i want to remove it !

> Any way ?

Yes, deb-reversion(1) from the devscripts package. Not sure if this
question was on-topic for -mentors, though; I don’t think so.

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