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Re: mass RC bug filing: data splitting



On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:10:56AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> When moving files from one package to another, the package that gets the 
> files needs Replaces _and_ Conflicts with older versions of the other 
> package.

Actually, a combination of Replaces and Conflicts has a different meaning,
it will cause dpkg to completely remove the "old" package in favor of the
"new" one, which is most likely not what one wants when shifting files
around.

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