Re: Replaces: line (was: Re: Bug#2582: last is obsolete)

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@ehess.cnrs-mrs.fr>]

On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Guy Maor wrote:

> Putting in a Conflicts: line will *not* solve the problem, AFAIK.  That
> will prevent dselect from installing the sysvinit package at all.  What
> we want is automatic purging of the last package.
> 
> One way is for the sysvinit to simply purge the last package in its
> postinst.

I think we all agree that the package management system, read dpkg-deb, 
should do this instead of you. Fiddling in the {pre,post}inst is the Wrong 
Thing. AFAIK dpkg now offers clean replacements of one package by 
another.


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Dirk Eddelbuettel                                      edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca
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