Re: problem replacing package

[Matus fantomas Uhlar <uhlar@fantomas.sk>]

-> On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
-> > I tried to unpack libogg0 package, change its name to libogg0-k6, and add
-> > these to control file:
-> > 
-> > Provides: libogg0
-> > Replaces: libogg0
-> > Conflicts: libogg0
-> > 
-> > However, when trying to install this, i got some errors about other packages
-> > depending on libogg0, thus libogg0 was not removed, and my package was not 
-> > installed.
-> 
-> That would require versioned dependencies on virtual packages (versioned
-> Provides:) to work, but they don't. You'll probably have to use
-> something like a high epoch instead.

Pardon? Does that mean there's no possibility to provide one package bye
another one, for other packages' dependencies to work? hmmm :(

And what do you mean 'high epoch'? 

Thank you.
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