Bug#334791: closed by David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> (Close: apt-get ignoring Replaces field?)
B> Replaces alone can't be used as an indication for anything by APT.
B> A Replace only says that some files in the package will override
B> files from another package - and that this is on propose.
B> Otherwise dpkg would complain loudly.
B> Example:
B> apt currently replaces an older version of manpages-pl --
B> this doesn't mean that apt is a full replacement for all polish manpages,
B> but only that it now ships the polish translations of its manpages itself.
B> Thats different if other fields (Breaks/Conflicts/Provides) come into play,
B> but that is another topic…
Hope that is all documented somewhere.
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