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Re: overwriting files



On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:10:47PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Packages must not overwrite other packages' files. You can perhaps use
> the "alternatives" mechanism. See update-alternatives(8).

Diversions (dpkg-divert) would be appropriate in this case.

Any package can divert another's files. However, all packages must
agree to use alternatives to manage a particular file.

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>



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