On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 09:13:51PM +0200, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Juan Cespedes wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 06:12:11PM +0200, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> > > 
> > >  - I'll release the new packaging-manual package later today, but without
> > >    the "Conflicts: dpkg..."
> > 
> >     Then you should add a "Replaces: dpkg..." if it installs the
> > files in the same path.
> > 
> >     BTW: Maybe you should just say "Replaces: dpkg (<< 1.4.0.23)"
> > and forget about the conflict in any future version.
> 
> Umm, is "Replaces" really the correct flag? I thought, a Replaces: would
> make dselect automatically purge dpkg on installation of
> packaging-manual--certainly not a good idea :)

        Yes, it's the correct flag.  "Replaces" means that that
package may overwrite other packages' files.  "Replaces+Conflicts" is
what will automatically purge dpkg (but it won't work on this case,
because dpkg is essential).

-- 
Juan Cespedes


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