On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 09:41:15PM +1100, Steve Kieu wrote: > So, I extract the deb fine onto a directory like gimp, make > subdirectory DEBIAN and create a control file inside, here is the > control file
Ugh - building from source is so much easier. :) > By adding Provides field I hope the package system > will understand, but when I select xsane in dselect, > it still asks me to install libgimp1.2 (>=1.2.0) Provides: fields can't currently satisfy versioned relationships. You'll have to create a package containing the shared library that has the right name. Make sure you get the binary compatibility right, though. Why not just build the newer Debian package from source? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
