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Re: another one removed from the TODO list



On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 10:48:13PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> > The only way the old dpkg will *use* a versioned provide is if the
> > dependency on it is *unversioned*, so it makes little difference WRT
> > backwards compatibility in tools. It does mean that to satisfy some
> 
> Eh?
> 
> Package: A
> Conflicts: Moo (>= 1.2)
> 
> Package: B
> Provides: Moo (= 1.2)
> 
> Old behavior: Allow A+B, New behavior: Fail.

Eww...didn't think of this case.

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