Re: Error upgrading to GNOME 2.4 on Sid
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 06:16:38PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 10:28, Sven Luther wrote:
> > The problem is when you move some files from one package to another.
> > both can even be part of the same source packages, and this breaks
> > everything. It _is_ a bug in dpkg/apt, and should be fixed, if possible.
>
> You are completely wrong, and clueless to boot.
>
> If one package intentionally contains files in another package, you must
> declare a Replaces: foo (<< 1.2.3-4). Even if it's one file. Even if
> both packages are from the same source package.
>
> If you do anything else, you have created a bug in your package. It's
> that simple.
I don't do such things, but judging from the huge number of such
problems i have had these past month, there are many buggy packages
then, and the people who know this is wrong don't even cared to fill bug
reports.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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