Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush <at> debian.org> writes: > > > 2008/4/4, Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush <at> debian.org>: > > > Martin Schr?der wrote: > > > > I'm trying to create a package that will when installed > > > > automatically replace all TeX packages on the system with our > > > > version of TeX. > > > > > > Don't all debian tex packages depend, directly or indirectly, on > > > tetex-base or texlive-base? You probably could create your own -base > > > package that conflicts with those, and then pre-depend on it?
(Just kind-of-back from vacation, and I don't know whether this has been discussed on debian-texmaint) No, tetex-base is an empty package which hopefully can be removed before lenny is released, and texlive packages depend on texlive-base-bin which also provides the tex and pdftex binaries. > > And then I'd get a conflict when installing that package. > > Why? > > Won't apt-get/aptitude handle proper removal/installation actions for you? I think it would. Unless Martin actually wants a parallel installation? Maybe dpkg's diversions would help here? Martin, which files do you need to replace except the binary and pool files? Regards, Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
