On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 16:28:34 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 02:19:51PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > > The new package should be fixed to declare it overwrites files from > > another package. That's what the Replaces: field is for. dpkg won't > > complain about package A overwriting files belonging to package B if A > > declares a "Replaces: B". > > And you will add a Replace: even if it only concern one small and minor > file ?
Of course, because that is the proper mechanism to take over a file belonging to a different package. Ray -- Where do you want to go today? Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis.
