On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:41:41 -0700 Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/14/2014 08:32 PM, Andy Bradford wrote: > > Thus said Charles Curley on Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:15:46 -0700: > > > >> So I decided to purge Iceweasel. apt-get insisted on on > >> installing Icedove. Huh? I let it continue. I then tried > >> purging Icedove. It insisted on installing Iceweasel. I don't > >> want *either*. How do I do that? > > > > Not sure why there would be such a dependency, but you might be > > able to make an equivs package for the one it thinks it needs and > > install that. Then it will be tricked into thinking that whatever > > it wants is already there, but it will just be an empty package. > > Fun times. Seems like the only time I've run into dependency hell was > on debian. Have never had this issue on the RPM-based distros for > whatever reason. I get the impression that .debs are more > fine-grained than rpm somehow and this sometimes leads to weird > dependency problems. I run a plain vanilla stable environment with backports for some things I want the latest of. That would be iceweasel, among others. No non-debian repos. So dependency hell should not happen. Yeah, right! Thanks for the thoughts. I think I will take the lazy way out and leave it until the next version of debian is available. > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
