Bug#2498: sysvinit should conflict with last

[Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@lot49.med.miami.edu>]

In message <[🔎] m0tw8Le-00014XC@miles.econ.queensu.ca>, Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.
queensu.ca writes:
>The last package is being replaced by a last binary contained in the new
>sysvinit. But sysvinit fails to tell dpkg about a Conflicts: last so that the
>last package remains in a half-installed state after sysvinit-2.59-1 is
>installed:

Actually, isn't this a perfect place to use REPLACES:?  Or is that a
little too bleeding-edge?

Mike.
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