Hi, to install gnupg, you need a --force-depends because of a versioned dependency on makedev. A dummy package won't work because the Hurd is conflicting with makedev, which is essential to avoid breakage by accidently installing it.
Solutions: 1. dpkg should be fixed (old issue) 2. gnupg should probably not have this dependency for Hurd systems, but architecture specific control files are slightly inconvenient, and in an ideal world it would work just fine (see 1.) 3. makedev MUST be something else than binary-all. It should be binary-all-linux, but that is not implemented in our packaging system. It should be. This requires some global effort and some lobbying for this feature. It could list all linu arches and become binary-any, which is lame. Then hurd doesn't need to conflict with makedev and a dummy package would work even when dpkg isn't fixed. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
