Re: The "Replaces:" Field

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

On Wed, 05 Feb 2003, Tore Anderson wrote:
> * David Lloyd
> 
>  > I don't know if this is the right forum to ask, but I want to replace:
>  > 
>  > lloy0076@cirith:/usr/share/apps/ksplash/pics$ ls
>  >                        splash_bottom.png        splash_top.png
>  > splash_active_bar.png  splash_inactive_bar.png  splash_top.png.backup
>   (..)
>  > Replaces: kdebase
> 
>   You don't want to do that, then your package would make apt de-install
>  kdebase upon installing your own.

Actually, he did it right.  "Replaces" means it replaces some files in that
package.  A full package replace is done by having the three of "Replaces,
Conflicts and Provides".

>   You're looking for `dpkg-divert'.  Alternatively, you could ask the KDE

That is far better a solution than using "Replaces" anyway.

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  Henrique Holschuh