Am Montag, den 21.09.2009, 22:16 +0200 schrieb Matthijs Kooijman: > Hi Felix,
> > No, It's just the `grub' package which was first a dummy one depending > > on `grub-legacy' with the debconf note that warned about that and then > > it changed to depend on `grub-pc'. > Ah, just a Replaces: dependency is not enough for apt to replace grub-legacy > with grub-pc on its own, but it only allows it to know to remove grub-legacy > when installing grub-pc for another reason (e.g., the dependency of the grub > package). So, removing grub and grub-pc and reinstalling grub-legacy should > get grub-legacy back. Probably also something to note in README.Debian. > Ah seems like it was too late for me yesterday. the Replaces/Conflicts in grub-pc, only tell dpkg/apt that they're allowed to automatically remove grub-legacy when installing it. Though it seems aptitude honours it the other way too, If you want to install grub-legacy it marks grub-pc automatically for removing. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
