Re: sylpheed-doc package broken?
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:31:46 -0800
Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Are you objecting to the idea that a doc package and a binary package
> can conflict simply because the documentation is for a different
> version of the program? Or are you suggesting that apt should simply
> refuse to install a doc package when a conflicting binary package is
> already installed? In the latter case, your complaint is really with
> apt, not with sylpheed or sylpheed-doc. I don't know if apt treats doc
> packages differently from binary ones, and I don't see why it should.
> It seems like needless complexity in a program that is quite complex
> enough already.
I'm saying there are probably several ways to resolve this, but throwing
out a binary (without an available upgrade) because the doc package for
a later release is available is not one of them.
Kevin
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