Re: dpkg-multicd, slink_cd and Extra virtual packages
Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> I did a test install of Slink today using the CD images from
> www.netgod.net; the results were mostly positive except for an
> interesting problem I ran into with virtual packages and Extra
> priority.
>
> The following packages are on Disk 1 of the slink_cd-produced
> CD images, but Depend upon mail-transport-agent:
>
> exmh
> smartlist
> xmh
> mailx
> inn
> at
> mailto
> fmirror
> innfeed
>
> I decided to install sendmail instead of exim. dpkg-multicd turned out
> to not support this very well, as the installation of all the above
> packages errored out because their dependancy upon
> mail-transport-agent was not fulfilled (since sendmail, which would
> have fulfilled it, was on Disk 2 because it was extra priority).
>
> This wasn't a HUGE problem, but I had to run [C]onfigure from the
> dselect menu after the install happened.
>
> Is there any way dpkg-multicd can deal with this?
It may be possible if using pkg-order could solve this.
Regards,
Joey
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