Re: Overwriting files from other packages will require Replaces
> Carl Streeter:
> 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...
>
> It would be nice if smail and sendmail used update-alternatives for
> /usr/sbin/sendmail. It would be even nicer if there were something
> analogous to update-alternatives for tcp port registration --
> presumably, this could be hacked into update-inetd.
What would be the point?
>
> --
> Raul
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