Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.9 Severity: normal Suppose I have two packages A and B. B Replaces: A but does not provide or conflict with A, it merely replaces a few files from A. If I install A first and then B, it works. If I install B first and then A, dpkg complains that files from A already exist in B and aborts installation. The Policy, section 7.5.1, says A should be installed but the files that also are in B should not be installed, B's files should be kept. This makes sense, because in that case it means it doesn't matter in which order A and B are installed.
-- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux haplo 2.5.64-bk7 #2 Thu Mar 13 13:29:42 CET 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.9 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.1-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
