Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

[Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>]

Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:

> Why should timezones need --force-anything to install?

Because timezone is essential, and timezones is not.
Conflicts/replaces doesn't work for this case (rightly so).

I just tried it to be sure:

femto[~/test]$ dpkg-deb -f foo.deb
Package: foo
Version: 1
Essential: yes
femto[~/test]$ dpkg-deb -f foo2.deb 
Package: foo2
Version: 1
Conflicts: foo
Replaces: foo
femto[~/test]$ dpkg-deb -f foo2essential.deb 
Package: foo2
Version: 1
Conflicts: foo
Replaces: foo
Essential: yes
femto[~/test]$ sudo dpkg -i foo.deb
Selecting previously deselected package foo.
(Reading database ... 33634 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking foo (from foo.deb) ...
Setting up foo (1) ...
femto[~/test]$ sudo dpkg -i foo2.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package foo2.
dpkg: regarding foo2.deb containing foo2:
 foo2 conflicts with foo
  foo (version 1) is installed.
dpkg: error processing foo2.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing foo2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 foo2.deb
[status 1]
femto[~/test]$ sudo dpkg -i foo2essential.deb 
dpkg: considering removing foo in favour of foo2 ...
dpkg: yes, will remove foo in favour of foo2.
(Reading database ... 33634 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking foo2 (from foo2essential.deb) ...
Setting up foo2 (1) ...
femto[~/test]$


Guy


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