Re: Files in 2 or more packages
> > To make people report these duplications. A lot of bugs have been
> > submitted and many of those have been fixed now. The result will be that
> > there will be a lot less of these imperfections in hamm when it is
> > released. When it is released, --force-overwrite is supposed to be turned
> > on again (and off again on the next upload to the new unstable.)
>
> Is it considered to be an "error" to have a file in 2 different
> packages? If that's the case, it would be enough a "script inspection"
> at the "Contents" file. Look, for example:
>
> (...)
> usr/man/man8/ftpd.8.gz net/wu-ftpd,net/netstd
> usr/man/man8/ftpshut.8.gz net/wu-ftpd,net/proftpd,net/wu-ftpd-academ
> (...)
> usr/man/man8/getclose.8.gz devel/gnats-user,devel/gnats
> (...)
Unfortunately, that is insufficient. For example, "gnats" and "gnats-user"
are mutually exclusive. Each conflicts with the other.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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