Re: versions of packages available in other branches
P Kapat wrote:
>> > apt-get install devscripts
>> > rmadison $PKG
>>
>> Exactly what I need. Thanks.
>
> Well, same here... Was looking for this for a long time... But I am on
> Sid, and there is a clash with the licensecheck script. It is based on
> a script provided by kdesdk-scripts... So, is it safe to use "--force"
> while installing devscripts from Sid?
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/devscripts_2.10.3_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/licensecheck', which is also in package
> kdesdk-scripts
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>
I just searched the BTS and found
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419754 Looks like this bug
is fixed in 2.10.4
> Moreover, some information on what are the possible arguments for the
> various parameters of "rmadison" (like, what are COMPONENT?) might be
> useful..
>
I agree. I had a cursory look into /usr/bin/rmadison but could not figure it
out.
raju
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