Re: Formal definitions of Provides and Replaces
On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Andrius Merkys wrote:
> I fail to find the formal definitions (regarding API/ABI and files) of
> Provides and Replaces fields of d/control, could someone point it out to me
> please? In particular, if package A Provides/Replaces B, does that mean that
> A MUST have the same API/ABI and files as B?
The fields are defined in Debian Policy:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#virtual-packages-provides
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#overwriting-files-and-replacing-packages-replaces
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pabs
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