Need help with Conflicts, Replaces and Provides...
>Fabien Ninoles filed the bug and told me I had to put an extra line in the
>control file which says 'Provides: libgd1g-dev'. This, he says, to ensure
>smooth upgrades, so old packages depending on libgd1g-dev will work with
>libgd-dev.
>
>So then I'll have these rules in my control file for libgd-dev:
>
>Conflict: libgd1g-dev
>Replaces: libgd1g-dev
>Provides: libgd1g-dev
>
>The Conflicts rule with the Provides rule seems a bit weird to me.
>A package Conflicting with something it Provides....
>And then a fellow debian maintainer told me it is not allowed to do this.
>
>I don't know what to do now...
I am not sure but maybe you could provide additional dummy
package libgd1g-dev which depends on libgd1-dev.
Then libgd1-dev doesn't have to conflicting, replacing and providing
ligd1g-dev.
I am sorry if I wrong but I am still aplicant :-)
Mariusz
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