| Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox! |
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Group: linux.debian.project · Group Profile
Author: Roberto C. SanchezRoberto C. Sanchez Date: Jan 28, 2007 10:50
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:02:43PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
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> I've suggested that iceweasel provides+conflicts+replaces firefox,
> which AFAICT would instead produce the output:
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> Note, selecting iceweasel instead of firefox
> [...other stuff about packages...]
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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> Would that be better, in your opinion?
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> 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
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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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