Richard Kaszeta <kaszeta@me.umn.edu> wrote: >I agree with this... For example, I already have (a.out) tcl 7.4 and >tk 4.0 on my system, in /usr/local... Quite a few packages would >squawk when I installed them, claiming I needed tcl/tk... There should >be a very simple mechanism to allow me to update dpkg's stuff to say >that the stuff I already have 'provides' tcl/tk... Is there a 'expert'-mode that lets you override dependencies ? Stephan