Bug#137315: dpkg: update-alternatives: creation of `link' doesn't respect `Replaces:'.
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:49:19PM +1100, Peter Moulder wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.9.19
> Severity: minor
>
> I believe that at least in the above case between ftp and netstd, the
> desired outcome should be that the regular file be removed and
> replaced with the symlink.
Actually, the answer is that we do not support upgrades across two
Debian releases. That is, you can go from slink to potato, from
potato to woody, but not from slink to woody directly.
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