Re: Bug#2807: X <-> cpp dependency?
> David Engel (david@elo.ods.com) wrote on 25 April 1996 20:45:
> >A better arrangement might be to make the gcc package a superset of
> >the cpp package and have it provide and conflict with the cpp package.
>
> Yes, but not conflict!!!!!! Provide and replace. I think there are a
> lot of "conflicts" that should be replace-provide instead. Like
> libc>=11 :-(
No, the conflict needs to be there to make sure cpp would be removed,
especially if replaces is also used. I mentioned a few weeks ago that
I was concerned that the overloading of replaces could be problematic.
In this case, using provides, conflicts and replaces is ambiguous as
to whether cpp and gcc are two independent, alternative packages
(which the would be) or gcc should obsolete cpp.
David
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