On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:22:51AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Steve Langasek schrieb: > >>Package: oldpkg > >>Depends: newpkg > >>Description: transitional dummy package > >>Package: newpkg > >>Replaces: oldpkg > >>Conflicts: oldpkg > >>Description: ... > >*NO* *NO* *NO* *NO* *NO*. Look closely at the package relationships you've > >specified. Why would you upload a package to the archive that *can never > >be installed*? > Hm, that used to be a "magic" combination that would let dpkg do the > right thing. I've heard this stated before, but if it was ever true, it's definitely not the case with apt (or with britney), and it's not mentioned in policy. I suppose it's possible that dselect had some magic handling here that I've never seen, but at least for the majority of users, a package in this configuration isn't useful for transitioning, it's just broken, because it depends on a package that conflicts with it. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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