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
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