Re: Some last minute things that would be good to push in
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:53:37AM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote:
> > > Well don't the buildds and other tools always prefer a real package
> > > over a Provides?
> > They'll do whatever apt-get does. Is it the case that apt-get always
> > prefers a real package? If so I have no problem unblocking this.
> Well doing an apt-get install automake in a fresh etch chroot with no automake
> packages installed does the following:
> # apt-get install automake
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> autoconf autotools-dev m4
> Suggested packages:
> autoconf2.13 autobook autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc
> automake1.10-doc
> Recommended packages:
> automaken
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> autoconf automake autotools-dev m4
<snip>
> So it looks like it will certainly prefer the real package over the
> virtual one.
Ok, unblocked.
Thanks,
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