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Re: dummy packages and "Replaces:" field



Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org> writes:

> [please don't CC-me, I'm subscribed]
>
> Em Seg, 2005-07-04 às 11:20 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow escreveu:
>> A source package can build binary packages with different versions.
>> 
>> E.g. icewmcp 1.0-1 source could build:
>> 
>> icewmcp 1.0-1
>> iceme 1.0.0-12.1
>> iceperf 1:1.2-3
>
> Simply by having a Version field for the binary package on
> debian/control? I'd like to see an example of that being handled, could
> you be so kind as to point a concrete example so I can learn this
> better?
>
> Thanks!

Simplest one I know is gcc:

Package: gcc
Source: gcc-defaults (1.21)
Version: 4:3.3.5-3

MfG
        Goswin



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