Re: What to do about hamm/bo overlaps
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Richard Braakman wrote:
[snip]
> Overlap hamm/figlet_2.2-1 and bo/figfonts_2.1.1-2:
> usr/lib/figlet/banner.flf
> This file was moved from figfonts to figlet with the 2.2 release (of both).
>
> My recommendation: add Replaces: figfonts (<<2.2) to figlet.
[snip]
>
> Overlap hamm/mgetty-voice_1.1.7-4 and bo/mgetty_1.1.2-1:
> usr/man/man1/pvf.1.gz
> usr/man/man1/zplay.1.gz
> mgetty-voice depends on mgetty. Presumably these files were moved
> from mgetty to mgetty-voice at some point.
>
> My recommendation: Add Replaces: mgetty (<< 1.1.7-1) to mgetty-voice.
> Using a versioned dependency is tempting, but I don't think it will
> work, because packages are unpacked before dependencies are checked.
(I'm no dpkg expert so I can be wrong.) Shouldn't every "Replaces:" be
accompanied with a "Conflicts:" rule?
Thanks,
Chris
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