On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:16:06PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> When installing opk/ipk packages from e.g. http://www.opkg.org/, there > >> will be problems with unmet dependencies because Debian uses other > >> package names for some of the packages providing the dependencies. I've > >> created a few small packages which create a mapping of the package names so > >> tricks like --force-depends/--ignore-depends should not be necessary. See: > > >> http://nospamnospam.homepage.dk/software/download/oedepmappings/ [snip]
> Also, it would probably be preferable for those packages to have a name > that makes it clear that they're not "real". E.g. you might call them > something like "adapter-opkg-<foo>", and then have them provide the > required feature. I would if APT supported it. Unfortunately, the APT support for Provides: is buggy enough that it only works for packages which are already installed, and I'm hoping to eventually be able to do something like # apt-install-package-file http://www.opkg.org/package.opk and have APT install the dependencies automatically (including having them marked as such). -- Rask Ingemann Lambertsen Danish law requires addresses in e-mail to be logged and stored for a year _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community