Re: Problem with replacing packages

[Adam Majer <adamm@galacticasoftware.com>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 11:07:27AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Adam Majer wrote:
> 
> > # dpkg -i xshipwars_1.34.1-2_i386.deb
> > dpkg: considering removing xshipwars-common in favour of xshipwars ...
> > dpkg: no, cannot remove xshipwars-common (--auto-deconfigure will help):
>
> Pass --auto-deconfigure.  What this will do, is dpkg will deconfigure the
> existing xshipwars, remove xshipwars-common, then install the new xshipwars.
> 
> In other words, read what it tells you.

I see. I'll assume that apt and dselect and others will handle this by
default, but I'll check anyway just to make sure.

- Adam

PS. Sometimes I write too late at night :)