On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:31:56PM -0400, Mark Carroll wrote: > TBH, part of the problem for me was with apt. It would try to install > packages I didn't have selected, and when I asked WTF dpkg was up to, I > was told it was apt, and then when I'd switch to using dpkg-ftp instead > the problem would go away. This happened a few times. Maybe it's something > that's been fixed now, though - it's probably a year or two since I last > tried.
AFAIK, apt only enforces Depends relationships, which is kind of important... > How does aptitude deal with alternative ways to satisfy dependencies? When > dselect sees unfulfilled dependencies or conflicts, it shows me them and > lets me sort them out as I please - I haven't worked out how to get > similar behavior from aptitude yet. Maybe I should give it another try? aptitude gives you a neat little tree of packages that could satisfy a dependency including packages that Provide a virtual package, alternatives and all the available versions of each. IMHO, it's really quite intuitive, especially compared to dselects `choose from this list of packages, now!' approach. -rob
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