Kjetil Thuen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Depends: gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.9.8.1-helix1), libart2 (>= 1.2.3-helix2), >libaudiofile0, libc6 (>= 2.1), libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libdb2 (>= 1:2.4.14-7), >libesd0 (>= 0.2.16) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.16), libgdk-pixbuf2, >libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgnome32 (>= 1.2.3-helix2), libgnomesupport0 >(>= 1.2.3-helix2), libgnomeui32 (>= 1.2.3-helix2), libgtk1.2 (>= >1.2.8-helix1), libjpeg62, libpng2, libtiff3g, libz1, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6) > >Others have succesfully tried force installing the package on Debian >boxes with the GNOME from potato. > >So - I know for a fact that the compiled program will work with older >gtk and gnomelibs. How can I make the package reflect this? Manually >typing the dependencies into the Depends field in the control file seems >very kludgy.
Short of building your packages inside a stock potato chroot, you might try using a debian/shlibs.local file in your package. Section 12.2 of the packaging manual has all the details on how you should go about this. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]