Re: What to do about hamm/bo overlaps

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Christian" == Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:

Christian> (I'm no dpkg expert so I can be wrong.) Shouldn't every
Christian> "Replaces:" be accompanied with a "Conflicts:" rule?

	I think not. A replaces by itself means that the new package
 replaces a subset of another package, but does not imply a conflict;
 that is, both packages may continue to co-exist peacefully. 

	A conflict and replace means that the new package totally
 replaces the old one; the older package may be deinstalled by the
 package management system. 

	Both these cases are distinct and legal.

	manoj

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