Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote:
> I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in
> another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also
> contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A
> Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain these files, it simply
> conflicts with them, so they must be removed.
> How do I stop files from B from being installed? If I simply put rm
> <files> into A's postinst script, the files could be reinstalled the
> next time B is upgraded.
By coordinating with the maintainer of that other package, rather than
trying to undermine his packaging decisions.
--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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