Re: Moving files and Conflicts/Replaces
On 08-Oct-99 David Coe wrote:
> Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
>> In the previous package, a tcl script
>> was left in the pilot-link package, which made it depend on tcl/tk and
>> therefore X. I want to move this file to pilot-link-tcl, and have done
>> so by placing the filename in debian/pilot-link-tcl.files. The problem
>> is that when I upgrade to the new packages, the installation of
>> pilot-link-tcl fails unless the new pilot-link has already been
>> installed, because the script exists in both the old pilot-link and the
>> new pilot-link-tcl.
>
> [...]
>
> I *think* if you say ``Replaces: pliot-link'' (but not Conflicts:)
> in pilot-link-tcl, it'll allow pilot-link to replace some of the
> other package's files.
>
You want to do a version replaces. 'Replaces: pilot-link (<< 0.9.1)'.
Reply to: