On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 08:37:05PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Upgrading multiple M-A: same to a single foo_2.0_all should definitely be > forbidden though. But the opposite foo_1.0_all -> M-A: same > foo_2.0_<foreign> ? I think the applicable principle here is KISS. You could allow dpkg to upgrade foo_1.0_all to foo_2.0_foreign, but *nobody would understand what dpkg was doing*, and why this case was different than the others. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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