Bug#217862: dpkg doesn't check if package upgrade breaks versioned dependences
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:35:40PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.15
> Severity: important
>
> This bug may be easilly reproduced.
> Create dummy package p1, version 1, and dummy package p2, version 1,
> that Depends: p1 (= 1).
> Install both.
> Now create package p2, version 2, and try to install it with dpkg -i,
> without any --force.
> Dpkg will silently do it, breaking the dependency for package p2.
Either your example is backwards, or you haven't demonstrated any bug.
Changing the version number of p2 does not break any dependencies in this
scenario.
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- mdz
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