Bug#698778: preapproval of expect/5.45-3
Hi,
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> + * Added breaks header to the debian/control file which ensures that the
> + no longer existing expectk package is installed (closes: #686364).
s/is installed/gets removed/.
> --- expect-5.45/debian/control
> +++ expect-5.45/debian/control
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> Package: expect
> Architecture: any
> Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
> +Breaks: expectk (<< 5.45)
AFAIK you should use "Conflicts" if you want to get a package removed.
A versioned "Breaks" is better suited when you want to force the upgrade
of the broken package but in this case, there's no updated package, so
you should avoid it and favor "Conflicts".
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer
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