The NTP project is about ready for our first beta release, and we need a little help with the best way to package it.
The bits comprise of a few new binaries, replacements for a couple of old ones, and man pages. Ideally we would like to deliver the exact same bits that will be in the packages in Nevada, but I am not sure if that is feasible. What is the effect of installing a new package that has conflicting bit from a previous package? And if it is okay to install it that way, can the package be removed and things put back the way they were before? Would it make sense to ask users to remove the existing ntp packages before installing the new ones? If so, what would be the best method to reinstall? Obviously that would be sub-optimal. In addition, there would still be the man page conflicts. Perhaps a pre-install script that would removef the conflicting files from their respective packages and then a post-remove script to intallf them back? Any ideas or suggestions? Brian Utterback
