Re: [Piuparts-devel] how to handle partial upgrade problems?
On 2012-09-18 12:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
> And yes, this leaves pkg1 missing files. This sequence of actions is
> not supported. Ie, Don't Do That Then; I think that isn't a bug.
>
> If you think it is a bug and want to support this sequence of user
> actions then I guess the Breaks is an answer. But this is a policy
> question.
Moving around files with proper Breaks/Replaces is described in the Policy:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
and the footnote 53
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/footnotes.html#f53
covers exactly the case of "disappearing files" due to missing Breaks.
Andreas
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