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Re: About the Breaks: field.



On 10 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
> >>"Guy" == Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu> writes:
> 
> Guy> Conflicts is like a reverse Depends.  It affects package
> Guy> configuration.
> 
> Guy> Breaks is like a reverse Pre-Depends.  It affects package
> Guy> unpacking.
> 
> 	Thank you, this is an important distinction that I
>  missed. I'll bring this to the attention of the Deity team, and I'll
>  add it to the Deity design document that I'm now working on.

Should I add breaks support now?

Jason


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