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Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package



On 2013-08-17 18:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is
> fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this
> subject, but had no success.

With dpkg you can --force-depends, but then apt will not be happy about
the system state and force you to fix it.

> Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed?

Yes.  The equivs package helps you to create such a dummy package.

Cheers,
       Sven


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