Re: Virtual provides?
>> "EM" == Edvard Majakari <ed@a41a.otanner.ton.tut.fi> writes:
>>>>>> "KV" == Kenneth Valentine <kvalenti@cs.uml.edu> writes:
EM> I think it is not possible to create a file containing so called
EM> 'virtual provides', which would contain strings like 'mta, httpd,
EM> news-server' etc. This way, I can install Qmail on my own, put the
EM> appropriate string somewhere and debian would realize service (mta) is
EM> already provided.
Install equivs.deb and read /usr/doc/equivs/README.debian.
Then edit /etc/equivs.conf
cd /usr/src/equivs-<version>
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dpkg -i ../equivs*.deb
Ciao,
Martin
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