On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:00:13PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:08:39 +0800 > > Thomas Goirand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I have few questions that would help me to solve things in my > >> package. I have package1 and package2 being same but with different > >> dependencies, so the user can choose between them. > >> > >> First, if my package produces many binaryies, is it ok to do symlinks > >> of the postinst if they are same. Like: > >> > >> debian/package1.postinst would link to debian/package2.postinst > > > > What happens then if the user chooses to install package 1 without > > package 2? > > My control file is done this way: > > Package: package1 > Replaces: package2 > [...] > > Package: package2 > Replaces: package1 > > The only thing that differs from both packages are dependencies, nothing > else. You said there is also a Provides?
> > Can the user choose to install package1 and package2 on the same system > > or have you got a Conflict: setup? > > They Replaces: each other. It isn't clear to me that your use of Replaces makes sense. Note that if you don't also have a Conflicts, this just means that it is not an error that package 1 and 2 contain the same pathname; the file on disk will be whatever is included by the the more-recently installed package, and the other package will no longer be recorded as an "owner" of that file. The packages will be co-installable. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
