Re: 2 packages sharing the same config file.

[Eric Van Buggenhaut <eric@femto.eric.ath.cx>]

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:55:42PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Domenico Andreoli <cavok@filibusta.crema.unimi.it> writes:
> 
> > maybe using an abacus-common package which owns that conffile...
> > 
> > my question now is, is a file worth of a package on its own?!?
> 
> Nope. Why not just leave the packages conflicting until someone with a
> real need to have both installed stands up?


Well :-)

This is the message I got from A. Bunk who handed me the package :

>It's your package. One thing you could do when you start working on it is
>to remove the conflict between xabacus and xmabacus - there are better
>solutions in Debian when two packages share the same file.
>
>cu
>Adrian

I'm just looking for the 'better solutions' he mentions but still clueless. Any
hint ?

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