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[Alain Mouette <alainm@...>]

Resending to the list. Sorry, I send it first only to Philip

well, we have more missunderstanding... please bear with me untill the
real question bellow :)

Philip Axer escreveu:
> to make it even easier for you to download all files use this command:
> It will automatically download all deb files from the given url:
> wget --no-parent -A.deb -r -nd 
> http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/boost1.37

My hole point from the start id to NOT install the whole *stupidly big*
package...

> not the package is broken!
> libboost-serialization1.37-dev depends on libboost-serialization1.37
> (the one is not working without the other)
> you also need to download the other package!

Yes, I explained (tried to) that I know that if I install the other
package it works... The problem is that *it should not install* it there
is a dependency.

=> So THE QUESTION: how do I make dpkg not install if it is not ok?????

Thanks for you patience (I just hope that you have a little left)

Alain
PS: I just compiled kicad with those 3 files and it works, so now the
problem is just how to make sure thar DPG behaves as expected

> On Sep 16, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Alain Mouette wrote:
> > Philip Axer escreveu:
> > > Hi,
> > > Sorry I missed that you are still on 8.04! Sorry for that...
> > > Now I get your entire point :)
> > > http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/boost1.37/
> > > Try those! Those are the jaunty packages!
> >
> > Yeees, now I am getting somewhere :)
> >
> > But I need help with a little problem related to DPKG:
> > if I get these 2 pacages:
> > # libboost1.37-dev_1.37.0-3ubuntu3_i386.deb
> > # libboost-serialization1.37-dev_1.37.0-3ubuntu3_i386.deb
> > and install with "dpkg -i *.deb"
> >
> > the second one has a dependency of
> > # libboost-serialization1.37.0_1.37.0-3ubuntu3_i386.deb
> >
> > dpkg installs and the pakage reports as broken.
> >
> > ==>>MY QUESTION IS: how do I make dpkg not install a broken packade???
> >
> > I already spent one hour reading manuals and google and they just say 
> > that dpkg checks dependencies... so???
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alain