>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Billy> I am not familar with virtual packages. Could you elaborate on Billy> this? Thanks. Bruce> The package has in its header file these fields: Bruce> Package: kernel_source-1.3.92 Bruce> Provides: source Bruce> This allows it to satisfy the requirement for the "source" Bruce> package, while not conflicting with other installed versions of Bruce> the kernel. The C library headers would come from the one that Bruce> was installed last. Installing a second kernel would not cause Bruce> the first to be removed. You would have to use "dpkg -r Bruce> kernel_source-1.3.92" to remove it. Suppose I have ``kernel_source-1.3.92'' installed, and try to install a second source tree ``kernel_source-1.3.95''. dpkg should attempt to _replace_ the old with the new since the package name is the same. Am I missing something here? -- Billy C.-M. Chow # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Debian Linux 1.3.84
