Re: Getting the hang of APT....
> I assume that is the Packages.gz file that you download when you do an
> (apt-get|aptitude) update. But the dependencies for package X are also
> listed in X.deb.
The maintainer puts the dependency information in the package when he
creates it. When the package is uploaded that information is taken from
the package and added to the Packages file.
> According to the list this package depends on zope. According to my
> zope-mysqlda.deb it depends on zope2.7. On my home computer apt-get
> dist-upgrade doesn't complain.
Why would you expect it to?
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John Hasler
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