Orn E. Hansen wrote: [I have edited it for grammar] > Replacing a package with another that provides the same package. > causes conflicts with programs that depend on it... an example: > I have quota and e2fsprogs installed. They are marked essential. > I try to replace e2fsprogs with e2compr, a package that provides > e2fsprogs and replaces it. > > I cannot install it unless I use --auto-deconfigure... > because quota depends on e2fsprogs which is essential, and in > this case dpkg doesn't pay attention to the Replace or Provides > fields from e2compr.
Does the reported behavior violate policy? If not, then this report should probably be downgraded to wishlist or closed. -- Thomas
