On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:47, <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: > B> Replaces alone can't be used as an indication for anything by APT. > B> A Replace only says that some files in the package will override > B> files from another package - and that this is on propose. > B> Otherwise dpkg would complain loudly. > > B> Example: > B> apt currently replaces an older version of manpages-pl -- > B> this doesn't mean that apt is a full replacement for all polish manpages, > B> but only that it now ships the polish translations of its manpages itself. > > B> Thats different if other fields (Breaks/Conflicts/Provides) come into play, > B> but that is another topic… > Hope that is all documented somewhere.
Our mighty policy includes it: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces (i intended to add that to close mail, but forgot about it after an interrupt…) Best regards David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org