On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:02:43PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > > I've suggested that iceweasel provides+conflicts+replaces firefox, > which AFAICT would instead produce the output: > > Note, selecting iceweasel instead of firefox > [...other stuff about packages...] > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > Would that be better, in your opinion? > > I don't know if it's possible. I think that would require ftpmaster > assistance (because it makes firefox a virtual package as I understand
If it turns firefox into a virtual package, then it cannot be done. The reason is that virtual packages cannot have versioned dependencies expressed against them. In this way, with firefox instead being a dummy package, other packages can continue to express versioned dependencies on firefox and everything still works. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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