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Bug#578854: New workding for Conflicts, Breaks, and related sections



On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:24:19AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Here is updated proposed wording incorporating fixes for the various
> issues raised on the list since yesterday.

Seconded.

> @@ -4829,40 +4914,35 @@ Replaces: foo (<< 1.2-3)
>  	    special argument to allow the package to do any final
>  	    cleanup required.  See <ref id="mscriptsinstact">.
>  	    <footnote>
> -	      <p>
> -		Replaces is a one way relationship -- you have to              
> -		install the replacing package after the replaced
> -		package.
> -	      </p>
> +	      Replaces is a one way relationship.  You have to install
> +	      the replacing package after the replaced package.
>  	    </footnote>
>  	  </p>

IIRC, this isn't actually true in current versions of dpkg, but that's a
separate issue.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

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