Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 06 Jun 2010, at 18:34, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Or trya a "sudo dpkg -r --force-depends perl588-core", as per the FAQ >> for "Node exists" errors. > > > not always usable, since on some systems (10.5/x86_64) this package is > essential > (and force-removing would leave a completely broken fink). > The only proper way is then to remove (or just move ?) the offending Dep > or Bdep entry, > which is most often anyway redundant. > > Jean-Francois >
This crossed my mind. Fortunately the dependency engine asked me to reinstall it with the update-all command: The package 'mailtools-pm588' will be built and installed. Reading dependency for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1... Reading build dependency for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1... Reading build conflict for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1... fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) libnet-pm588: Perl modules, simple programming interface (2) perl588-core: Core files for perl, v. 5.8.8 Pick one: [2] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
