On Thursday 19 August 2021 at 13:27:22, Antony Stone wrote:

> On Thursday 19 August 2021 at 13:22:06, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Anno domini 2021 Thu, 19 Aug 13:18:16 +0200 Antony Stone scripsit:
> > > freeswitch-systemd : Depends: systemd which is a virtual package and is
> > > not provided by any available package
> >
> > Install "equivs" and build a dummy package.
>
> Ooh, interesting - never come across that before...
>
> I'll give it a go, sounds like a neat solution if it works :)

Well, nice try, but:

# dpkg -i systemd_1.0_all.deb
(Reading database ... 43381 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack systemd_1.0_all.deb ...
Unpacking systemd (1.0) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd:
sysvinit-utils (2.93-8+devuan1) breaks systemd (<< 215) and is installed.
Version of systemd to be configured is 1.0.
sysv-rc (2.93-8+devuan1) breaks systemd (<< 215) and is installed.
Version of systemd to be configured is 1.0.
init-system-helpers (1.56+nmu1+devuan3) breaks systemd (<< 228) and is
installed.
Version of systemd to be configured is 1.0.
ifupdown (0.8.35) breaks systemd (<< 228-3~) and is installed.
Version of systemd to be configured is 1.0.

dpkg: error processing package systemd (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
systemd

If I rebuild it with a version number of 250:

# dpkg -i systemd_250_all.deb
(Reading database ... 43385 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack systemd_250_all.deb ...
Unpacking systemd (250) over (1.0) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd:
eudev (3.2.9-9~beowulf1) breaks systemd (>> 220) and is installed.
Version of systemd to be configured is 250.

dpkg: error processing package systemd (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
systemd

So, it seems I need a version number higher than 228 and also lower than 220.


Has anyone already done this equivs trick and found a way to make it work?


Antony.

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