Leonardo Rochael Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote [...] > FWIW, The following packages, present on my system and installable > from stable, still require xlib6g, and will either have to be > removed or will stall an xlibs upgrade: [..] > navigator/communicator (aka moz 4.77) and it's dependencies [...] > One question though, considering that xlibs 4.3 claim to "Replace:" > xlib6g, besides conflicting with it, why can't it simply "Provide:" > xlib6g and end this mess? [...]
Hello, It would not help; the[1] dependencies are versioned, ie. "Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4)" instead of "Depends: xlib6g" and a versioned dependency cannot be satisfied with a provides. cu andreas [1] I have not gone through the whole list, but I think all of them are. -- "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason," [SPOILER] Svfurlr fnlf, fuhggvat qbja gur juveyvat tha. Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash"