On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 09:45:32AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I had also install Aspell 0.50.3 from source -- I have some code that > depends on the New Aspell. [snip] > That on is probably my fault due to installing the New Aspell from source, > but I'm not sure. apt-get install equivs and generate a fake package that Provide:'s the aspell stuff you've installed. > Is this just a fact of life when using packages that may have conflicting > dependencies? > > Can the package system tell me more about these packages, like when they > were installed (or removed) and what caused that to happen? Neither apt nor dpkg actually logs what it does, unfortunately. aptitude does, which is one of the reasons I use it for all my package management needs. -rob
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