Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:12:00PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote:
> > If you want to run two httpd's, popd's or mta's, you'll probably have to
> > do more than the usual tweaking to the package setup anyway, so what is
> > really the big deal of having to:
> >
> > 1. `apt-get source foo`
> > 2. edit various files, mostly in debian/
> > 3. add an epoch to the package version
> > 4. `fakeroot debian/rules binary`
> > 5. `sudo dpkg -i foo.deb`
>
> What's really the big deal of having to
>
> 1. apt-get install apache roxen
>
> By putting an epoch in the version number you defeat the whole automatic
> upgrade system.
>
> > If you must insist that these matters be resolved formally, then please be
> > so generous to provide us with some reference implementations of a generic
> > /usr/sbin/{httpd,popd,smtpd}-config.
>
> I see absolutely no need for an httpd-config. I'm perfectly happy
> with they way apache, apache-ssl, and roxen coexist.
And of course you can always do dpkg --force-conflicts. I believe that's what
the --force commands are really there for: special situations.
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Colin Walters <walters.159@osu.edu>
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