Il giorno mar, 23/08/2005 alle 11.31 +0100, Edward ha scritto: > I actually built a custom dovecot package without either the "Provides: > imap-server" or "Conflicts: imap-server" because the "Provides: > imap-server" from dovecot conflicted with the "Conflicts: imap-server" > of uw-imapd, my previous IMAP daemon.
I've done something similar when I had to migrate a customer's mail
server from courier to dovecot, but in that case courier did not
conflict with imap-server.
I think the conflicts line is there for the "same tcp port needed"
problem, and its use is allowed by debian policy (7.3):
"""
A special exception is made for packages which declare a conflict with
their own package name, or with a virtual package which they provide
see below): this does not prevent their installation, and allows a
package to conflict with others providing a replacement for it. You
use this feature when you want the package in question to be the only
package providing some feature.
"""
However, I think we should get rid of all these imap-server and
pop3-server conflicts: it is quite common to have two or more imap/pop3
server installed.
> Perhaps I should take this to a debian-* list. If I were to do so, I
> would value your opinion as a DD and imap-server package maintainer.
Yes, could you please ask on debian-devel list?
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