Re: dpkg -i without removing old version
On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 06:57:52PM -0400, Jeremy Jackson wrote:
> Is this possible, if the files in the package don't conflict between
> debian-revs of the package?
>
> Example: suppose frobz_2.0.0-1_i386.deb is installed.
> normally, doing dpkg -i frobz_2.0.0-2_i386.deb causes the -1 to be
> removed. But if the files in frobz are /usr/lib/frobz-2.0.0-1
> /usr/lib/frobz-2.0.0-2, can both be installed?
>
> I posted to debian-devel already but didn't get a response.
You got two responses, one of which was mine noting that different
versions of a package in the Debian archive always share files, even if
only /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright. (If you need cc'ed responses
then you need to say so or you usually won't get them.)
dpkg doesn't support this, anyway.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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