On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:18:12AM +0100, Jos I. Boumans wrote: > While building these .debs we've got very encouraging results, and > barring > debian policy option tweaks, they're 'technically' sound. However, one > issue > arises: The debian package system does not allow a file to be 'owned' > (or > provided) by 2 different packages, which is a problem when updating > core modules > from CPAN (like for example Test::More and Cwd):
They can. I believe you want to look at "Replaces". http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces There's also "diversions" as well as "alternatives". http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-diversions.html -- Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Abandon failing tactics. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
