On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:58, nosp wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:50, Thomas DuVally wrote:
> > Now I want to use apt to install some stuff, but every time I try, it
> > wants to uninstall ximian-connector. Is there any way to get apt to
> > ignore a problem with a particular package?
>
> Can you be more specific about the problem with the package? Does apt
> want to uninstall because there is a missing dependency of
> ximian-connector? You can use "Fake-Provides" in your /etc/apt/apt.conf
> to fool apt, but it's strange that you would have that kind of problem.
Another alternative, since I think no other package depends on ximian
connector, would be to use Ignore { "ximian-connector"; }; in the
rpm-section to make apt ignore it's existence completely. Both are just
ugly hacks around the problem...
- Panu -
