Re: Configuration file and auxiliary packages
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 00:20, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> A less easily solved problem has to do with auxiliary files. We are heavy
> TeX users, and consequently have various TeX gadgets that are not packaged
> by Debian. OK, so we have our own tex-utm package containing these
> things. What do you do, though, if you want to actually replace a
> file from, say, the tetex package with one you've customized yourself?
> The package system breaks down at this point, since the local and debian
> packages will conflict. There are ways to get around this (forced
> installs, etc.) but these complicate package installation considerably.
There is a tool to handle this problem: dpkg-divert (which is part of
the dpkg package). Check its manpage to see if it will do what you
want.
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