On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 09:11:32PM -0700, jc wrote:
> apt-get output:
> bsdutils: Depends: sysvinit (>= 2.59-2) but it is not
> installable
>
>
> Is there anything to be done about this?
Learn to use "dpkg -i --force-conflicts <pkgfile>" when needed. Without
versioned Provides, you'll need to use it on a few packages. Typically,
for packages that version depend on things provided by the hurd package.
Ummm. Looking at the Packages file a bit.... I don't recall a problem
with bsdutils (but I'm using dselect/apt instead of apt-get), but I see
bsdutils has a versioned depends on shellutils which has a versioned
conflict with login which is provided by hurd. I'm pointing this out
because, IIRC, I had to --force-conflicts to install shellutils after
which everything was fine. I don't know if this conflict has been
resolved yet or you've run into a different one. Strictly speaking, this
isn't a hurd problem but a limitation of the package management system.
A word of warning, it's possible to shoot your foot off by using
--force-conflicts carelessly. Make sure you know what the conflict is
and why you're overriding it before proceeding. One of the reasons
I use dselect is because I _like_ the conflict resolution screens -
I think they're helpful in sorting this kind of stuff out. YMMV.
Good luck!
Steve
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