Re: Debian v2.1 ("Slink") Deep Freeze
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > Surely not?
> >
> > Surely the Replace/Provide/Conflict combination will make dselect pick the
> > new ones?
>
> I'm sorry but I'm afraid this is not the case.
>
> I hate to say this, but please read the packaging manual and/or the policy
> manual. I think you could be a little bit confused about the meaning of
> some of these fields.
>
> If you want a short explanation, here is one: dselect will not take
> in account *any* of the fields in the packages you *don't* have installed,
> unless there is an unsatisfied dependency.
Doh.
Of course, you're right.
I wasn't thinking clearly..
Jules
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