[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Change Package Dependencies



On 2009-12-30 09:37 +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote:

> Is there any possibility to overrule the package dependencies without
> modifying the package source?

Not really.  While rebuilding from source is not strictly necessary, at
least you'll have to modify the binary package(s).

> Reason for asking: I do not need to have doc packages installed on all
> of my servers.  But some packages simply insist on installing their
> doc package too.

What do you mean by "insist"?  If they recommend the doc package, you
can easily overrule that.  If they depend on it, that is a bug and you
should report it.

Sven


Reply to: