Re: question about "Conflicts:"

[David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:17, Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> wrote:
> How can I tell a Debian package to conflict with a real
> package "foo", but not with other packages providing "foo"?

That is easy: You can't.

But it is a strong indication that a packaging bug could be present
in foo, foo-provider or your foo-conflicter… so, why you want to do that?


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

P.S.: These kind of questions seem better suited for debian-mentors@l.d.o.