Re: Bug#2655: ld.so includes header file, clashes with old libc

[david@elo.ods.com (David Engel)]

> > Perhaps you should redescribe exactly what Replaces does.  I thought
> > it was only to be used when one package totally takes the place of
> > another.  What else is it for?  Turning on --force-overwrite for
> > selected packages?
> 
> Replaces has two effects, which are distinct and both of which are
> enabled with the one field.  One of them generally only occurs when
> packages don't conflict, and one of them only occurs when they do,
> which is why conflicts are relevant.
> ...

OK, I understand it now.  Thanks.  I just hope this overloading of
Replaces (with and without Conflicts) doesn't bite us later.

David
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