On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 11:44:05AM -0600, The Fool wrote:

> In what way does this prevent that complicated software from not
> working?  Complicated softare can stop working anytime you update it.

Debian maintains all the packages with dependencies and conflicts,
and apt-get uses this information. If a given piece of software needs
another piece of software, or conflicts with a certain version of
another piece of software, apt-get will fix it, downloading the new
software and replacing or asking to remove the offending software. This
does a great job of keeping complicated softwares working together
happily.


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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>       http://www.erikreuter.com/

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