Re: Are package names guaranteed unique?

[Carl Streeter <streeter@adj.com>]

Rob Browning writes:
> 
> 
> If so, then my Motif shared/static app approach was flawed.  It would
> produce two different .deb files providing the same (non-virtual)
> package.  Am I correct in deciding that this is a no-no?

Yes.

> If so, then (as Rob Leslie suggested) I suppose I should have two
> packages gimp-smotif and gimp-dmotif both providing and conflicting
> with the virtual package gimp.  Is this the right idea?

Yes.
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