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and subject line Re: Bug#112211: dpkg: Replacing packages that have same
provides
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regarding (dselect?) Replacing packages that have same provides
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.9.17
Severity: normal
I replaced a package that provided libgl1.
namely mesag3 with xlibmesag3.
Doing so caused an error regarding a package
which needed libgl1. Fortunately xlibmesag3
was installed, but I had to check the "provides"
just to feel safe that I hadn't hosed anything.
Recommended fix: Check the provides list of
all packages to be installed before complaining
about packages about to be removed.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux cocacola 2.4.10-pre8-xfs #1 Wed Sep 12 15:25:13 UTC 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.4-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.2.20010318-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.010902 The GNU stdc++ library
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi!
On Fri, 2001-09-14 at 00:00:35 +0000, root wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.9.17
> Severity: normal
> I replaced a package that provided libgl1.
> namely mesag3 with xlibmesag3.
> Doing so caused an error regarding a package
> which needed libgl1. Fortunately xlibmesag3
> was installed, but I had to check the "provides"
> just to feel safe that I hadn't hosed anything.
>
> Recommended fix: Check the provides list of
> all packages to be installed before complaining
> about packages about to be removed.
Si this is something that is already possible (including versioned
Provides). The only requirement to avoid any warning/error is that
the old package that provides the virtual which will be switching
away from is selected beforehand as to be removed. Then installing
the new one will make dpkg know what to do automatically w/o
complains.
I'm thus closing this report.
Thanks,
Guillem
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