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Re: apt showing all dependencies?



On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 03:16:27PM -0400, c0ldfusi0n wrote:
> Speaking of which, is there a way to *edit* packages dependencies?
> 
> I'm thinking of gallery here, who depends on php4, php4-cgi and 
> libapache(2)-mod-php4 -- but works flawlessly with php5 and php5-cgi...

Yes. (Not exactly recommended thogh.)

mkdir dir
dpkg-deb -x package.deb dir
mv package.deb package.deb.old
vi dir/DEBIAN/control
dpkg-deb -b dir .

Remember to use fakeroot.
Read the packaging manual.
And try not to hang yourself.



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