Carl V. Streeter writes ("Re: Beta testing?"):
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> Not the way dpkg is currently packaged. 2 packages with the same name can't
> exist in the same tree.
There are reasons for this: which version should go in the Packages
file (which should only list each package once) ? Which version
should dselect try to install if both are available - remember that it
just goes through directories installing what it finds ? &c
Ian.