Re: Bug#3085: bsdmainutils uses inappropriate `Conflicts bsdutils (<<...)'

[and1000@cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly)]

In article <[🔎] m0uM0Jx-0002YTC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> you write:
>Package: bsdmainutils
>Version: 3.0-0
>
> 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.

This is because bsdmainutils was released before dpkg introduced the
'Replaces' field.  I will fix this when I have time.

I _do_ have finals in 2 weeks :(

Austin