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Re: dpkg -L (was: Re: conflicts with libcap-dev)



Previously Brian May wrote:
> How can apt-get determine if a package conflicts or not before it
> has even down-loaded the package, if it can't rely on the Conflicts
> header showing file conflicts.

It shouldn't need to, if the Conflicts and/or Replaces headers are wrong
the package is broken, not apt-get.

Wichert.

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