On 8/18/13, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 16:36 -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is >> > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this >> > subject, but had no success. >> > >> > Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed? >> >> I have a question along the same lines, but opposite scenario. If a >> dummy package is installed, and then it's uninstalled, only the dummy >> package is uninstalled, not the dependencies.
> If something needs the dummy package as a dependency and you remove it, > then the package management will remove the packages that depend on this > dummy too, don't confuse this with e.g. meta packages that will install > a collection of packages and that can be removed later. For reference, equivs package is used to create both "meta", and "dummy" packages - ie a package which "depends upon", or "provides" (or in fact "conflicts with") other packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSTn8uy=9i_1=e_xwfp3b11p1cxkvedbbppphregp-2...@mail.gmail.com