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Re: Another deb package questions :-)



On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 09:41:15PM +1100, Steve Kieu wrote:
> So, I extract the deb fine onto a directory like gimp, make
> subdirectory DEBIAN and create a control file inside, here is the
> control file

Ugh - building from source is so much easier. :)

> By adding Provides field I hope the package system
> will understand, but when I select xsane in dselect,
> it still asks me to install libgimp1.2 (>=1.2.0)

Provides: fields can't currently satisfy versioned relationships. You'll
have to create a package containing the shared library that has the
right name.

Make sure you get the binary compatibility right, though. Why not just
build the newer Debian package from source?

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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