How to disable grub-mkconfig once and forever?
Ralf Mardorf
silver.bullet at zoho.com
Wed Jul 13 12:25:16 UTC 2016
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:06:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 12:33:00 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>> Package: grub-pc
>>> Version: 2015:09-06-moonstudio
>>> Maintainer: Weremouse <silver.bullet at zoho.com>
>>> Architecture: all
>>> Description: Dummy package
>>
>>You should've kept the dummy package.
>>
>>When I use equivs, I name the package replacing $PACKAGE
>>"local-$PACKAGE" and have
>>
>>Package: local-$PACKAGE
>>Version: 1.0
>>Replaces: $PACKAGE
>>Provides: $PACKAGE
>>
>>in the control file.
>
>Hi Tom,
>
>your dummy packages do not prevent against an unwanted install, but my
>dummy packages do :p.
>
>Take a look at the test when I run apt-get install, first with a dummy
>package by your style
>
>
> [root at moonstudio src]# cat dummies/gvfs-dummy
> Priority: optional
> Standards-Version: 3.9.2
>
> Package: gvfs-dummy
> Version: 2016:07-13-moonstudio
> Maintainer: Weremouse <silver.bullet at zoho.com>
> Provides: gvfs
> Replaces: gvfs
> Architecture: all
> Description: Dummy package
PS:
Perhaps the issue is caused by a missing gvfs version, since e.g.
nautilus requires gvfs (>= 1.3.2),
>then using a dummy package by my approach
>
>
> [root at moonstudio src]# cat dummies/gvfs
> Priority: optional
> Standards-Version: 3.9.2
>
> Package: gvfs
> Version: 2016:07-13-moonstudio
> Maintainer: Weremouse <silver.bullet at zoho.com>
> Architecture: all
> Description: Dummy package
for my packages the version of gvfs is 2016:07-13-moonstudio, so
perhaps adding a version to "Provides" would solve the issue. I'm to
lazy to test it.
Regards,
Ralf
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