[rt-users] Using the latest Debian package and Apache 2

[eric.valor at daimlerchrysler.com]

Sayeth Jim Archer:

Hi All...

I have a working Debian Sarge (stable) server running Apache 2 and the 
stable Debian RT package, 3.4.1-2.  When I attempt to upgrade to the 
latest 
package (3.4.4-2 from unstable) I see that there appear to be dependency 
errors, such that it wants to install Apache.

Can someone suggest a way to get around this?  Would it be easier to dump 
Apache2 and move to Apache?

Better yet, is there a way to move to 3.4.5 without taking RT off package 
management?

Thanks...
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Download the .deb file and do a "dpkg --force-depends -i <package>".  It's 
a dirty hack which in this case won't hurt too much.  You *can*, however, 
royally screw things up with non-judicious use of dpkg --force-<things> so 
beware.

There are other slightly cleaner (and more complicated) ways of doing 
this, but for one package with few dependencies that will work.  Of 
course, installing from source is your best bet here as RT doesn't appear 
to be updated for security very often.


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Eric N. Valor
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eric.valor at daimlerchrysler.com
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