On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:16:42AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > > gnupg: Conflicts: gpg-rsa > > E: Sorry, broken packages > > > But gnupgp replaces gpg-rsa, so the nicest thing would be to say: > > "Not installing gpg-rsa: gnupg replaces gpg-rsa" and install gnupgp. > > |Replaces: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref > |Provides: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref > |Conflicts: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref > > And if I'm not mistaken Conflicts are more important then Replaces or > Provides. So, apt does the right thing and tells you that it conflicts > with gpg-rsa. If gnupg really replaces some version of rsa then this > control-file is in my opinion wrong, because a package can't replace and > conflict with some other package. So, I think either the control-file > should provide some version numbers in the Conflicts line or the whole > line should be removed.
When a package A both conflicts and replaces package B, package B needs to be removed prior to installing package A. You might want to read the packaging manual, section "8.3 Alternative binary packages - Conflicts and Replaces". However, in this case that can't be done because APT has been told explicitely to install both packages. The bug here is that gpg-rsa is still available for installation -- it should be removed from the archive. I believe a bug to that effect has already been filed. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
