Bug#78371: conflict error does not check for replaces
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:16:42AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > gnupg: Conflicts: gpg-rsa
> > E: Sorry, broken packages
>
> > But gnupgp replaces gpg-rsa, so the nicest thing would be to say:
> > "Not installing gpg-rsa: gnupg replaces gpg-rsa" and install gnupgp.
>
> |Replaces: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref
> |Provides: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref
> |Conflicts: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref
>
> And if I'm not mistaken Conflicts are more important then Replaces or
> Provides. So, apt does the right thing and tells you that it conflicts
> with gpg-rsa. If gnupg really replaces some version of rsa then this
> control-file is in my opinion wrong, because a package can't replace and
> conflict with some other package. So, I think either the control-file
> should provide some version numbers in the Conflicts line or the whole
> line should be removed.
When a package A both conflicts and replaces package B, package B needs to
be removed prior to installing package A. You might want to read the
packaging manual, section "8.3 Alternative binary packages - Conflicts and
Replaces".
However, in this case that can't be done because APT has been told
explicitely to install both packages. The bug here is that gpg-rsa is still
available for installation -- it should be removed from the archive.
I believe a bug to that effect has already been filed.
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