On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 10:24:29AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Another interesting case that might cause uninstallable packages in
> testing (I don't know if it's already handled):
>
> Package: a // Version: 1 // Depends: b
> Package: b // Version: 1
>
> Will the following package get installed in testing (the package itself
> is installable - it only breaks the dependencies of a)?
>
> Package: b // Version: 2 // Conflicts: a (<< 2)
Yup, this is handled too. As are |'s and virtual packages. Recommends,
Suggests, and Priorities (either "standard package depends on extra
package" or "all standard and above packages must be installable all
together") aren't worried about, though.
Cheers,
aj
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