Benedikt Eric Heinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [ I really hope I didn't miss something in the documentation and FAQ, > since I can't imagine noone else ever thought about this, but... > > So - if this is somewhere in the doc or FAQ, please don't respond > to the list, but mail me directly and hand me a pointer to the > info I'm looking for ].
No you didn't this is a problem. > > is it (easily) possible within dselect to permanently 'provide' a > package, without actually installing it? Here is a way to do it (someone should write this up as a simple script): create a file local-pkgs/DEBIAN/control with: Package: local-deps Version: 1.0 Provides: emacs, or-what-ever Description: stuff I already have Maintainer: me Architecture: all Section: local (note the final new-line and the fact that it is in two dirs). do dpkg-deb --build local-pkgs this will create a local-pkgs.deb file. Install it with dpkg-deb -i local-pkgs.deb voila - to remove just use dselect as per normal (look in section local); Andy. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]