On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Stephan Pfab wrote: > Richard Kaszeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I agree with this... For example, I already have (a.out) tcl 7.4 and > >tk 4.0 on my system, in /usr/local... Quite a few packages would > >squawk when I installed them, claiming I needed tcl/tk... There should > >be a very simple mechanism to allow me to update dpkg's stuff to say > >that the stuff I already have 'provides' tcl/tk... > > Is there a 'expert'-mode that lets you override dependencies ?
dpkg --force-depends will override dependencies. Do dpkg --force-help to learn about other forcing options. btw, an elf program won't link with an a.out library, so this isn't going to work. The reason some programs depend on tcl >= 7.4 is that these programs are elf, and 7.4 was when the tcl libs went elf. I agree that that's not terribly obvious; a virtual package called tclelf should have been used. Guy
