Bug#334701: can't install tetex-bin 2.0.2-31 due to /usr/share/man/man1/texi2pdf.1.gz
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:50:16PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> > How do we continue, Frank? I guess best is to do nothing and wait until
> > tetex3 hits testing, and everything is fixed. Or?
> Yes, I think so. I fear the bug behind this is that one should not
> declare "Replaces" on a packages that may not be installed by the time
> of the installation or upgrade, in other words, it is only possible if
> the replacing package depends on the replaced package.
That's not true. It's a dpkg bug if installing the replaced package after
the replacing package prevents the Replaces: from taking effect. Actually,
I was pretty sure this was a dpkg bug that's been *fixed* recently.
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