Re: conflicts in Debian Distributions
On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 07:16:55PM +0100, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
: If I understand well our Debian policy, you should be able to install ALL
: packages having priority >= optional, i.e. all packages but those having
: "extra" priority.
:
: Therefore if you find one optional package that conflicts with another
: optional package, then it is a bug and you may report it as such. One of
: them should be downgraded to "extra".
Hmmm... (MTAs were the first that came in my mind)
Package: zmailer
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: extra
Section: mail
Package: smail
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: important
Section: mail
Package: exim
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Package: ssmtp
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: mail
bye,
-Remco
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