At 8:52 Uhr -0400 09.06.2002, Benjamin Reed wrote: >Ben Hines [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: >> At 3:18 AM +0200 6/9/02, Max Horn wrote: >> >Replaces works just fine, you just misunderstood what it does. If >> >Pkg A "Replace: B", that s does *not* mean that the pkg A is a >> >successor of pkg B. it merely means that A and B have some files in >> >common. Normally you would get problems when switching between >> >packages that share such files, but the replaces fields eases this >> >transition. >> > >> >So, Fink and dpkg are behaving correctly. >> > >> >For further information, consult the dpkg docs. >> >> Ookay.. so, it is intended that the upgrade is impossible without >> force-removing system-libgl? > >No, it is not. I was under the impression a Conflicts:/Replaces: should >automatically force removal of the old package... Max, how do we make it >get replaced properly, then? Are we going to have to end up with a >Provides: system-libgl to make it replace nicely?
I am not sure even that would help, but feel free to try (hint: you don't have to rebuild xfree86, you can also use the dpkg tools to disassmble the .deb, modify the control files in it, then re-assemble it). Max -- ----------------------------------------------- Max Horn Software Developer email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: (+49) 6151-494890 _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel