On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IIRC there's a command that can fake, that an unmet dependency is > fulfilled. I already searched for apt, dpkg, aptitude regarding to this > subject, but had no success. > > Am I mistake, is a dummy package needed?
I have a question along the same lines, but opposite scenario. If a dummy package is installed, and then it's uninstalled, only the dummy package is uninstalled, not the dependencies. For example, installing linux-image-686-pae also installs linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae. However, removing linux-image-686-pae doesn't also remove linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae. How in this example would removing linux-image-686-pae also remove linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae as well? Doing apt-get --purge remove doesn't work in these situations. Note, I'm not actually intending to uninstall the kernel, this is just an example that readily came to mind. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
