Re: "What satisfies this dependancy?"

2002-12-10 Thread Phil Edwards
I'll go give grep-dctrl a try, then. Thanks for the suggestions! Phil -- I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met. - Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002 -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: "What satisfies this dependancy?"

2002-12-09 Thread Seneca
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 11:11:31PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:37:18PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > > Phil Edwards wrote: > > >We all know how packages can provide meta-virtual-package-dependancy > > >thingies, e.g., the mailx package requires a mail-transport-agent pack

Re: "What satisfies this dependancy?"

2002-12-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:37:18PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > Phil Edwards wrote: > >We all know how packages can provide meta-virtual-package-dependancy > >thingies, e.g., the mailx package requires a mail-transport-agent package, > >and a bunch of packages all provide mail-transport-agent, so t

Re: "What satisfies this dependancy?"

2002-12-09 Thread Travis Crump
Phil Edwards wrote: Here's a simple question, I'm sure: We all know how packages can provide meta-virtual-package-dependancy thingies, e.g., the mailx package requires a mail-transport-agent package, and a bunch of packages all provide mail-transport-agent, so take your pick. How do I discover w

"What satisfies this dependancy?"

2002-12-09 Thread Phil Edwards
Here's a simple question, I'm sure: We all know how packages can provide meta-virtual-package-dependancy thingies, e.g., the mailx package requires a mail-transport-agent package, and a bunch of packages all provide mail-transport-agent, so take your pick. How do I discover what installed package