RE: strange package dependencies
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> So apt wants to replace libesd-alsa0 with libesd0. But why? Sure,
> xtux depends on `libesd0 (>= 0.2.14-0.2)' but `libesd-alsa 0.2.17-7'
> which is installed provides `libesd0'. What is the point in replacing
> `libesd-alsa 0.2.17-7' with `libesd0 0.2.17-7'?
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the problem lies in the fact that xtux wants a version of libesd0. The
libesd-alsa package provides "libesd0", libesd0 packages provides "libesd0
0.2.17-7". In potato, the "provides" command does not allow for versions.
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