Why can't he do a dpkg--purge <package name the misspelled one> then do a apt-get clean ? Just a thought Don --- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 01:08:44PM +0100, Torsten > Schlabach wrote: > > I have developed a piece of software and created a > .deb package out of > > it. I then tried to install my new package onto a > system using dpkg. > > Unfortunately I discovered that I had a typo in > the dependencies of my > > new package so it has one dependency it will never > be able to resolve > > because the misspelled package does not exist. > > > > Unfortunately apt-get carries this new defective > package in its list of > > available packages and is resistant to any attempt > to make it "forget" > > about the faulty package so I can correct and > re-install it. > > I've never seen that kind of thing happen. However, > does 'dpkg > --forget-old-unavail' help? > > > Attempts like dpkg -P or apt-get remove will try > to de-install the > > package but just report it was not installed. > (Which is correct as it > > could not be installed because of the defective > dependency.) But even > > starting dpkg -install with a corrected .deb file > failes as it obviously > > goes to the package cache, looks up the old, wrong > dependency and then > > again tells me it cannot install the package > because of unmet > > dependencies. > > That's *very* strange, and doesn't match my > understanding and experience > of dpkg at all. If the above doesn't help, please > show the exact error > messages. > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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