Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp
On 18 Sep 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> clameter@waterf.org (Christoph Lameter) wrote on 17.09.96 in <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.93.960917211448.9997A-100000@waterf.org>:
>
> > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before
> > installation?
>
> No, that's Conflicts:. Replaces: says that the package will replace some
> files of the other package, and that dpkg is not to complain.
That is a rather weird interpretation.
Replaces: causes the automatic removal of a package
See Section 8.3 of programmers manual.
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