Bug#334701: can't install tetex-bin 2.0.2-31 due to /usr/share/man/man1/texi2pdf.1.gz
Steve Langasek <vorlon@dodds.net> wrote:
> 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.
Vincent's statements whether he is using etch or sid were a little
confusing, but since tetex-bin_2.0.2-31 is now only in etch, it might be
that he is using this; and if that bug fix has not yet propagated to
etch... Do you know which version of dpkg is supposed to fix this?
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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