Re: overwriting files from modules packages

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 12:18:26AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> 
> > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> [2003.08.31.0013 +0200]:
> > > If you want two different versions of documentation, they need to
> > > be named differently.  Alternatively, you can just split the
> > > documentation into a separate package and allow only one version
> > > to be installed at once.
> > 
> > I don't think a single manpage warrants another binary package. So
> > the only real solution is to put the manpage into
> > /usr/share/doc/<package>/docs ...
> 
> Or name it <manpage>-<version>.<section>.

And maybe use dpkg-divert / update-alternatives for the <manpage>.<section>
version.

Regards,

	Joey

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