Re: 2 ftpds packages conflicts
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:23:19AM -0500, Jean-Sebastien Pilon wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> It might not be the best place to aask this, but I have been seeking for
> help elsewhere and found no satisfactory resolution to my problem and it
> is package related ;)
>
> I run a system with 2 ftpds (pure-ftpd and vsftpd) and they are both
> debian stock packages
>
> Whenever I try to do anything with apt, I get the following message. If
> I try to install something, it wants to remove one of the ftpds
> packages...
>
> I tried putting both packages on hold, no success, it still wants to
> remove it.
>
> Any idea how i can fix this ?
This is a general problem with packages providing services and declaring
conflicts for this reason. I suggested, and personally implement, a
solution to this, but others seem not to like it that much
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/08/msg01314.html
HTH, Gerrit.
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