Hi
I have created a package that replaces another package, but uses the
same dependencies and have the same functionality. Given that I want
to maintain a minimum of changes to existing packages I want to know
if it is possible to let my package appear to debian as another
package.
that is:
Original package: qmail_zarge1 - This is the package that other packages
depends on also this package depends on fastforward_-zarge1 (circular
dependency).
My package: qmail_patched1 - I Want this to be a replacement to
qmail_zarge1but without changing fastforward_-zarge1
uhh - isn't qmail on
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:51:00AM +0100, Lars Roland wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have created a package that replaces another package, but uses the
> same dependencies and have the same functionality. Given that I want
> to maintain a minimum of changes to existing packages I want to know
> if it is possib
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:38:12 -0600 (CST), elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> uhh - isn't qmail one of those packages that is licensed in such a way
> that you are NOT allowed to distribute patched binary builds or patched
> source?
>
> just a vague recollection, here... isn't that DJB's st
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:50:13 -0500, Justin Pryzby
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can uses a Provides: in the control file (providing a non-virtual
> package).
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
>
> Justin
It is a little more complex than that
The original pack
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:04:27PM +0100, Lars Roland wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:50:13 -0500, Justin Pryzby
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You can uses a Provides: in the control file (providing a non-virtual
> > package).
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships
Lars Roland wrote on 08/03/2005 16:04:
It is a little more complex than that
The original package is named Qmail but its version is named
1.03-zarge1, so all packages that depends on Qmail looks for Qmail >>
1.03-zarge1. This is somewhat annoying because I want my package to be
named Qmail and have
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:48:09 +0100, Sven Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this case, you can't use Provides:. dpkg doesn't allow versioned
> depends to be resolved by Provides: (and doesn't support versions in the
> Provides: statement either). You package is named qmail and the package
> yo
Lars Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well yes and no - as I understand it you are allowed to distribute it as
> long as you do not call it Qmail.
It doesn't really matter, at least to Debian, since it's not for inclusion
in the Debian archive, but for the record this is not a correct
underst
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:07:33 -0800, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It doesn't really matter, at least to Debian, since it's not for inclusion
> in the Debian archive, but for the record this is not a correct
> understanding of the license on qmail. It is not covered under the
> Artistic
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