I don't think so. The whole point of "Provides: foo; Conflicts: foo" in several packages is that there *cannot* be more than one such package installed at once.
dan On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 11:47:33AM -0800, Ben Hines wrote: > It has to be ignored, because you can have multiple Provides: of the > same 'package' installed at once. For example, you could have two > Provides: mta packages installed at once.. dpkg wouldn't know which one > to 'replace'... one? both? > > On Nov 26, 2003, at 12:31 AM, Daniel Macks wrote: > > >Turns out that in such a case, the exclusive presence of each package > >is enforced (Provides/Conflicts) but the trying to install a second > >one does not result in removal of what's already there (Replaces is > >apparently ignored (?!)). This appears to be true even using the > >latest dpkg (1.10.18, patched in analogy to fink's 1.10.9). -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
