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Bug#334791: marked as done (apt-get ignoring Replaces field?)

Your message dated Fri, 5 Nov 2010 22:18:06 +0100
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and subject line Close: apt-get ignoring Replaces field?
has caused the Debian Bug report #334791,
regarding apt-get ignoring Replaces field?
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Package: apt
Version: 0.6.41
Severity: minor

One sees
Package libtiffxx0c2 has broken dep on libtiffxx0
  Considering libtiffxx0 0 as a solution to libtiffxx0c2 0
  Holding Back libtiffxx0c2 rather than change libtiffxx0

However,
Package: libtiffxx0c2
Replaces: libtiffxx0

Therefore, perhaps apt isn't taking advantage of the Replaces field.

If this is not what you also get in the simplest of tests, then there
are more factors at work and you can close this bug.

I was using apt-get dselect-upgrade.

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Hi,

more than five years later is maybe a bit late to answer a question,
but anyway:

Replaces alone can't be used as an indication for anything by APT.
A Replace only says that some files in the package will override
files from another package - and that this is on propose.
Otherwise dpkg would complain loudly.

Example:
apt currently replaces an older version of manpages-pl --
this doesn't mean that apt is a full replacement for all polish manpages,
but only that it now ships the polish translations of its manpages itself.

Thats different if other fields (Breaks/Conflicts/Provides) come into play,
but that is another topic…

Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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