# Source: equivs # Package: equivs # Versions: # Prioritize: 40 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. Description-fr: contournement des dépendances de paquets Debian . . . # other Descriptions of the equivs package with a translation in fr: # # Description-id: 68570 https://ddtp.debian.org/ddt.cgi?desc_id=68570 # patch https://ddtp.debian.org/ddt.cgi?diff1=68570&diff2=2260&language=fr # This Description is active # This Description was in forky from 2025-08-10 to 2026-09-04; # This Description was in sid from 2010-01-21 to 2026-09-04; # This Description was in trixie from 2023-06-12 to 2026-07-13; # This Description was in bookworm from 2021-08-18 to 2026-07-13; # This Description was in bullseye from 2020-03-03 to 2024-09-02; # This Description was in wheezy from 2011-02-12 to 2016-06-07; # This Description was in squeeze from 2010-02-01 to 2014-07-22; # This Description was in jessie from 2013-08-08 to 2018-06-26; # This Description was in stretch from 2015-05-03 to 2020-07-21; # This Description was in buster from 2017-07-28 to 2022-09-13; #