Re: Overwriting files and not replacing packages - (no Replaces)
Mathieu Malaterre writes:
> I have uploaded CharLS 2.1.0+dfsg-7 with a single Breaks statement (no
> Replaces statement):
>
> $ cat d/control
> ...
> Breaks: libdcmtk-dev (<< 3.6.4-2.1)
>
> In this specific case I do not need 'Replaces:' (*), because
> 'libcharls.so' from libdcmtk-dev is not meant to be replaced by the
> one shipped in libcharls-dev (2.1.0+dfsg-7) (this is not the normal
> breaks+replaces pattern).
That doesn't seem correct, but you haven't really said much about what
you want to achieve. Why do both packages ship the same file? Are they
somehow related?
Ansgar
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