Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:37:10PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> 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.
Please, don't turn Debian into Red Hat ;-)
Regards: David Weinehall
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