On 30 Jan 1999, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: > *-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.
No. The fact that the *actual* libgtk1.1-dev package conflicts with libgtk-dev, does not mean that the package libgtk1.13-dev, which provides libgtk1.1-dev, must conflict with libgtk-dev. Or, in the abstract: If A conflicts with B, and C provides A, then C need not conflict with B. > > 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] > /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/