Re: Dependency problem with dpkg <-> apt-get

["Martin Bialasinski" <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>> "peter" == peter karlsson <pk@mds.mdh.se> wrote:

peter> If I run 'apt-get -f install' it wants to install cnews and
peter> inews, which I don't want to do.

peter> # dpkg -s equivs
peter> Package: equivs
peter> Status: install ok installed
peter> [...cut...]
peter> Provides: netscape4, lynx, motif, www-browser, inews
peter> [...cut...]

equivs from slink and apt donÄt get along very well (that is, it won't 
work unless you bump up equivs version number). 

Install the equivs package from potato. Check the RERADME.Debian -
this is a comlete rewrite.

Ciao,
	Martin