>>>>> On 22 Jan 2001 20:01:15 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
adrian> Ok, mixing Helix Code/Ximian with "testing" has been broken adrian> for me for too long now. Apparently removing adrian> spidermonkey.helixcode.com from apt.sources isn't adrian> enough... (And I'm not sure how update-alternatives comes adrian> into play?) What can I do to force the package system to adrian> install curent versions of packages when alternate vendors adrian> versions are already installed, but not available? Even if I adrian> go back to Ximian later, this would be nice to know. adrian> Please CC me, as I am not subscribed. adrian> ps. I looked over the archives, and while this isn't new, I adrian> havn't seen any verified solutions. Has this changed or have adrian> I missed something? BTW, don't get me wrong, Helix Code has adrian> rocked in the past. Mostly Rob Brownings directions: Get a list of helix packages: grep-status -F Version -s Package helix | perl -pe 's/^Package: //' > helix.packages edit to taste (I removed sawfish-themes, gtk-themes, and helix-sweetpill from the list because there were no equivalent debian packages (someone correct me if I'm wrong)). dpkg -r --force-depends `cat helix.packages` apt-get install `cat helix.packages` cleanup a bit. Probably some packages don't have the same name from helix to debian. Do all this carefully. This is near what I did, but not exactly. Jim -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://jimdres.home.mindspring.com | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
