On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 21:04 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:11:37PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:56:13AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > This is not an appropriate upgrade path as this headers don't ask apt to > > > install the new package. > > Even with the appropriate Replaces/Conflicts/Provides? > > Okay, we have kernel-image-$foo installed. Now we get a new package: > | Package: linux-image-$foo > | Replaces: kernel-image-$foo > | Conflicts: kernel-image-$foo > | Provides: kernel-image-$foo > > What does apt do?
If apt sees that foo is installed on a system and foo 2.0.1-1 is available bar 1.0-1 is available, and provides/conflicts/replaces foo An apt-get dist-upgrade should remove foo and install bar. See http://www.debia.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html - section 7.5.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
