Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.16 When a package x has
Replaces: y Conflicts: y and you select it, every other package depending on y is marked for removal because of the conflict. But one would think that if the package x replaces y, the conflict forces y's removal but packages depending on y should be kept (and more should be installable) because x replaces y. A real example is lesstif, for example: if you install lesstif1, which replaces lesstifg and conflicts with lesstif and lesstifg, then dselect will force you to remove xscreensaver, for example, which depends on lesstifg.
