Re: Installing packages from source with apt
On 2003-11-10 11:15:26 -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> dpkg does *check* dependencies, it just doesn't go out of its way to
> *correct* them. That is, dpkg shouldn't let you install a package if
> its dependencies aren't already installed. If you never use a --force
> option and your packages work, it should be pretty hard to break your
> system using 'dpkg --install'.
I didn't use --force, but my system was broken by dpkg when upgrading
a package (because of dependencies on the versions). You can look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=208289
> One useful alternative might be to install the package using APT (so
> you pick up the dependencies), then recompile it from source and
> install it using 'dpkg --install'.
This won't prevent dpkg from breaking existing dependencies (see
bug 208289 for an example), as upgrading a package destroys the
old version.
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