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[Florian Diesch]

gothfox <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> There also is an utility which generated empty .debs with required
> Provides:, but I could not remember the name, thus the rebuild.


,----[ pkgdesc equivs ]
| Package: equivs
| Description: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
|  This package provides a tool to create Debian
|  packages that only contain dependency information.
|  .
|  If a package P is not installed on the system, packages
|  that depend on P cannot normally be installed.  However,
|  if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed,
|  this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management
|  system into believing that package P is actually installed.
|  .
|  Another possibility is creation of a meta package. When this
|  package contains a dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then
|  installing this package will also select packages a, b and c.
|  Instead of "Depends", you can also use "Recommends:" or
|  "Suggests:" for less demanding dependency.
|  .
|  Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used,
|  it might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please
|  note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing
|  with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead.
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   Florian
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