*-Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | On 30 Jan 1999, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: | | > Am I overlooking something obvious here? | > | > libgtk1.1.13-dev provides libgtk-dev and libgtk1.1-dev | > | > but | > | > libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev | > | > this means that gnome-apt refuses to install libgtk1.1.13-dev, | > a package that I sorely need. Aren't these relationships somewhat odd. | | Nothing odd there. | | libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev so that it won't be installed at | the same time as any other package which provides: libgtk-dev.
OK, I have probably misunderstood something. libgtk1.1-dev conflicts with libgtk-dev, and does not provide libgtk-dev. I read the packaging-manual in a way that makes it impossible to install _any_ package that provides both. The relevant sections(?): When one package declares a conflict with another dpkg will refuse to allow them to be installed on the system at the same time. A special exception is made for packages which declare a conflict with their own package name, or with a virtual package which they provide (see below): this does not prevent their installation, and allows a package to conflict with others providing a replacement for it. You use this feature when you want the package in question to be the only package providing something. -- ...Unix, MS-DOS, and MS Windows (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly). (Matt Welsh) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [-: .elOle. :-] [EMAIL PROTECTED]