Re: Same files in two packages - under which conditions is this allowed?
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 04:07:33PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Goswin von Brederlow (brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) [040703 15:40]:
> > A versioned conflicts is ok when the conflict only exists in earlier or
> > later versions of a package. E.g. a file moves from foo to
> > foo-common. foo-common then conflicts with foo (<<
> > first-moved-version).
>
> But exactly this is not enough. Because at unpackaging foo-common
> there could be a conflict with the old version of foo that's still
> packaged out. Please remember: Conflicts don't need to be satisfied
> during unpackaging stage.
Where do you read that? I can't find that in policy, only a similar
statement for "Depends".
Gruesse,
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