On Thursdayen den 29 November 2001 08.20, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach �Oden Eriksson� am 2001-11-29 um 00:04:39 +0100 :
> > Ahh..., now I see the problem. Well..., actually there is now problem,
> > just standard rpm logic.
>
> Yes, I know.
>
> > Provides: imap
> > Obsoletes: imap imap-2000c >= 7mdk
>
> Hm, I don't like it.  If uw-imapd was installed and used, a rpm -Uvh
> courier *will* render the system useless.  That's why I don't like to
> obsolete imap, because the user might not notice that uw is now
> deinstalld.  If it conflicts, everything is fine (with me).

Yes you're right. I never thought of that ;o)

> The proper solution IMO would be, to not use such an extremely generic
> name like "imap" for the uw-imapd package.  Also the name is misleading,
> as it doesn't clearly show, what imapd this is.

You're here also, maybe "imapd" or "imap-server" ?

> Also, if someone would do a Cyrus imapd package, he might run into the
> same trouble, I suppose.  If the uw-imapd package would have a proper
> name, there wouldn't be any problmes.
>
> But as a ugly hack, I'll add this to the specs.   Thank you very much
> for helping out!

Perhaps the best "political" approach is just to let them conflict.

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