Hi,

Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Interestingly, apt does it correctly. (aptitude only in the second
> suggestion). What does cupt do different than apt and aptitude?
Does not try to upgrade packages indirectly (remove, then install) by default.

>> To openoffice.org maintainers:
>>
>> The cause of the bug is mutual conflicts between old (installed) and new
>> versions of openoffice.org packages, which prevent these packages to be
>> directly upgradeable. For the detailed explanation see #560896.
>                       ^
>                       with cupt.
No, no one package manager can upgrade packages in this situation directly, in
theory. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560896#74.
libapt-based package managers upgrade them indirectly silently, cupt - does
not, by default.

> And what does Replaces: here? Right, Replaces: doesn't make sense here
> in any way ;-)
If Replaces don't make sense there, then Conflicts, probably, too.

-- 
Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer



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