Re: Playing with dpkg's mind
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:56:34AM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> In following I call the old version of the package OP, the transition
> package TP, and the game file I want to keep GF.
>
> 1. If TP is installed over OP it fiddles with
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/OP.list so that GF is no longer in there. This
> is done in TP's preinst. The subsequent removal of OP should not
> remove GF.
It sounds like you are trying to reimplement Replaces. Why not just use it?
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- mdz
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