On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:15:12AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: > Upgrading of that pkg is no problem. The old-lib vanishes, the new not > including the utils installs. Same for the -dev, the old one being > replaced with the new which includes the utils. > > But downgrading naturally blows. The utils (in new -dev) would have to > be overwritten from the old to be installed lib-pkg.
Debian packages generally do not guarantee a smooth downgrade path, only upgrades. If the user chooses to downgrade a package, she must be aware of possible problems like this, and be able to resolve them with the packaging tools. That's my understanding, anyhow. YMMV. -- - mdz
