Re: additional virtual packages for kde
On 24-Nov-1997 03:38:49, Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> wrote:
> > Surely it is sufficient for your packages to Conflicts: theirs
> > and theirs to Conflicts: yours.
>
> i need the provides: so i have something to conflicts: to.
You can conflict against real packages -- there's no need for a
virtual package.
> i think the conflict/provide mechanism is the best solution for this.
> (or better : the only practical solution i know :-)
Conflict is the right thing to do, but conflict is not (necessarily, or
even usually) paired with provide.
--
Steve Greenland
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