Re: The "Replaces:" Field
Hi
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:56:50AM +0100, 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.
No. Not according to the documentation anyway.
If a package entirelly replaces (i.e. all files) then the old one
will be de-installed. If just some files is replaced this should
work. I have not tested it though.
> You're looking for `dpkg-divert'. Alternatively, you could ask the KDE
> maintainers to split the ksplash theme into a separate package, then you
> could conflict with that instead.
That is probably a better solution anyway.
Regards,
// Ola
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