Re: Overwriting files from other packages will require Replaces

[Carl V Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu>]

Dale Scheetz writes:
> 
> Ie. NOT? Sounds like two packages providing the same functionality don't 
> necessarily conflict. How does the decission get made as any two 
> packages begin to look more and more like sendmail/smail? These two do 
> conflict, right?

I think so.

Basically, things only conflict if they provide the same interfaces--
smail and sendmail both send mail through /usr/sbin/sendmail, and
they both listen on port 25...

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