Raul Miller wrote: > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ==== New Version ========================================================= > > > > If two or more packages use the same configuration file, one of > > these packages has to be defined as _owner_ of the configuration > > file, i.e., it has to list the file as `conffile'. The other > > packages have to depend on the owner package. > > I don't see that this is necessary if all these packages conflict.
Unfortunately, it is. A conflict is satisfied if the conflicting package is removed; it does not have to be purged. So its conffiles can still be on the system. This is the one case where conflicting packages can have file overlaps. Richard Braakman
