Bug#3085: bsdmainutils uses inappropriate `Conflicts bsdutils (<<...)'
> Package: bsdmainutils
> Maintainer: Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 3.0-0
> Depends: libc5, libdb1 (>= 1.85.2-6), ncurses3.0 (>= 1.9.8a-4), bsdutils (>= 3.0
> Conflicts: bsdutils (<< 3.0-0)
>
> This conflict is likely to cause problems for dpkg/dselect when they
> install things. Use Replaces or some other mechanism instead.
> Contact me if you want to discuss what to do.
Ian, this is the type of situation where my conditional dependency
idea could help. I emailed it over a month ago but you never
responded. If you missed it or never received it, let me know and
I'll resend it.
David
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