I have a question about conflicts and dependencies ...
Here's the situation:
On my sid box, I had apt-file v. 2.0.8 installed. A new version
2.0.8.1 became available, but apt-get [dist-]upgrade did not install
it.
To resolve it not upgrading, I apt-get remove'd it. Next I apt-get
install'd it and got the following:
kevin@scout:~/tmp$ sudo apt-get install apt-file
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libconfig-file-perl
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libconfigfile-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apt-file libconfig-file-perl
So now it seems the upgrade wouldn't occur because
libconfigfile-perl was installed on my sid box but needed to be
replaced by the newer libconfig-file-perl.
The debian/control file in the apt-file package correctly calls for
libconfig-file-perl, which it Depends on. But should there also be
a Conflicts: libconfigfile-perl in apt-file's control file to force
the removal of libconfigfile-perl on systems such as mine where it
already exists?
Please clarify this for me, and if I'm correct I'll file a bug. If
I'm wrong I'd like to know how this works.
Thanks
Kevin
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