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Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition



On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:34:12PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:49, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> > > The negative effect for the users is that you can't upgrade python
> > > while wxgtk-python is installed so you can't try out the
> > > latest-and-greatest python in the meantime.  This is the issue at
> > > hand.
> > Sure you can:
> > 	$ sudo apt-get install python2.3
> > The dependency stuff merely notes that upgrading python without also
> > upgrading wxgtk-python may break stuff.
> actually, if the dependencies are right, you cannot upgrade to python
> (2.3) without also upgrading to wxgtk-python (2.3) or de-installing
> wxgtk-python (2.2).

Sure you can. dpkg --force-depends -i python_*.deb will do it for you.

If you want something bad enough, and don't mind breaking things, anything's
possible.

Cheers,
aj

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