hi :) On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 05:28:02PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > However, I think you can reduce the problem down to: > > How can apt-get determine if a package conflicts or not before it > has even down-loaded the package, if it can't rely on the Conflicts > header showing file conflicts. one had to ensure the Conflicts: header to be correct. at least for debian-native packages this can be checked by dinstall/katie/whatever. it could maintain an all-packages/all-files list and check that no file is in two non-conflicting packages. perhaps that is already done, don't know. but you are right: it would be very difficult for non-debian partys to keep their Conflicts in sync with all debian packages. perhaps we should provide a stand-alone conflicts-checker (addition to lintian, whatever) a list of all files in all packages should already be there, for autoapt, right? -- CU, / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany Martin Waitz // [Tali on IRCnet] [tali.home.pages.de] _________ ______________/// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /// dies ist eine manuell generierte mail, sie beinhaltet // tippfehler und ist auch ohne grossbuchstaben gueltig. /
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