Re: globally override/fool dpkg dependency mechanism?

1997-04-27 Thread James LewisMoss
Make a directory like 'perl-5.003' somewhere. Make sure you have debmake. Change into that directory and do 'deb-make'. It'll set up a couple things. create a 'Makefile' in the top level that responds to clean, all, install (but does nothing). Change into the debian directory and edit the

globally override/fool dpkg dependency mechanism?

1997-04-24 Thread Roderick Schertler
I do Perl development and I like to keep a current binary as /usr/bin/perl so that it gets a good workout. How should I tell the dpkg system that perl is available even though I don't have the standard perl package installed? -- Roderick Schertler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: globally override/fool dpkg dependency mechanism?

1997-04-24 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Roderick Schertler wrote: I do Perl development and I like to keep a current binary as /usr/bin/perl so that it gets a good workout. How should I tell the dpkg system that perl is available even though I don't have the standard perl package installed? Install the perl