Hi all,

Am 10.12.2014 um 17:39 schrieb Julien Cristau:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 13:41:13 +0100, Micha Lenk wrote:
>> Julien, could you please elaborate why we can't have the 'lid'
>> command be shipped both by libuser and id-utils (as you stated in
>> 748728#34) *even if* a Conflicts: dependency prevents
>> installation of both packages at the same time?
>> 
> Because that's not what policy says Conflicts is for.  If typing
> 'lid' runs an entirely different command depending on the phase of
> the moon, we've done something wrong, and we should fix it.  It's
> quite possible the least disruptive option is to rename both
> commands.

Ok, I concur. I wish this explanation was given earlier.

Cheers,
Micha


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