Re: Adpkg (was Re: How to trick debian into thinking a package is installed)
Thanks, Craig -
>>>>> "Craig" == Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
Craig> if you install dpgk again before removing adpkg, nothing will
Craig> break:
Craig> dpkg -i dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb dpkg -r --force-remove-essential
Craig> adpkg
Craig> I've successfully removed adpkg from at least a dozen systems
Craig> like this.
That's very good to know, will do.
Craig> I used adpkg for a while - i really like the way it's dselect
Craig> scans the binary directories first and builds a list of
Craig> packages to install, and i also like the way it configures
Craig> packages immediately. Unfortunately, it needs some dependancy
Craig> ordering so that it doesn't try configuring a package before
Craig> all packages it depends on are configured - which leads to
Craig> having to run Install about a million times and also manually
Craig> install some packages. There are other problems with adpkg as
Craig> well.
I hadn't been aware of that stuff; it's interesting. (I wasn't sure
what, if, or how much adpkg was doing for the standard dpkg & dselect
commands. Adpkg says it replaces & provides dpkg, but dpkg's files are
still listed in dpkg.list, and its status is 'installed'; I haven't know
what to consider whose.) Is there a doc source you know about, or is
that from the source or debian-devel, or general smarts? :-) Maybe I
could bone up on adpkg before I remove it.
Craig> adpkg shows a lot of promise, but it needs more work.
(Not just for Craig; he's helped enough :) Is there still work being
done on adpkg, or are the ideas being moved into the deity project or
some such?
Well, I'm chattering a bit, those are just browsing-level interest
questions, I know what I need to know practically now. Thanks again,
Craig,
Ed
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