Re: Is this an apt bug?
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> I tried to install the python-gnome package from the staging area,
> and apt choked because of the dependency:
>
> Depends: python-gtk (>= 0.5.12-1.1 )
>
> Notice the extra space before the closing parenthesis. I can download
> this file manually and install it just fine. So, is this an apt bug
> or a python-gtk bug?
Considering you can use dpkg to install it, it makes it difficult to decide
which is the problem. It could be that this isn't allowed, but dpkg is
buggy(ha, yeah, right) and allows it anyways. In that case, I would almost
think apt should have its parser relaxed to allow for this.
Adam
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