Re: Various problems with 1.1
>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> writes:
Billy> I am not familar with virtual packages. Could you elaborate on
Billy> this? Thanks.
Bruce> The package has in its header file these fields:
Bruce> Package: kernel_source-1.3.92
Bruce> Provides: source
Bruce> This allows it to satisfy the requirement for the "source"
Bruce> package, while not conflicting with other installed versions of
Bruce> the kernel. The C library headers would come from the one that
Bruce> was installed last. Installing a second kernel would not cause
Bruce> the first to be removed. You would have to use "dpkg -r
Bruce> kernel_source-1.3.92" to remove it.
Suppose I have ``kernel_source-1.3.92'' installed, and try to install
a second source tree ``kernel_source-1.3.95''. dpkg should attempt to
_replace_ the old with the new since the package name is the same. Am
I missing something here?
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Billy C.-M. Chow # billy.chow@eng.ox.ac.uk # Debian Linux 1.3.84
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