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Re: Bug#292997: /usr/lib/kde3/kcm_kontactknt.so is also in package kontact



This one time, at band camp, Martin Michlmayr said:
> reassign 292997 kontact
> retitle 292997 doesn't handle upgrades from the old kontact-plugins package
> thanks
> 
> * Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> [2005-02-02 09:56]:
> > > Maybe upgrades aren't handled properly.  I'm CCing Ben.
> > 
> > The material from the old kontact-plugins package is now part of
> > kontact.  Kontact has the correct Replaces: line; since it replaces the
> > kontact-plugins package completely I assume it needs a Conflicts: as
> > well?
> 
> I'm not sure - I always confuse Replaces/Conflicts/etc

In this case you need the magic tuple of Provides/Conflicts/Replaces -
this lets dpkg seamlessly overwrite files without complaint.

HTH,
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