Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

[Christoph Lameter]

On 18 Sep 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Lameter)  wrote on 17.09.96 in <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before
> > installation?
> 
> No, that's Conflicts:. Replaces: says that the package will replace some  
> files of the other package, and that dpkg is not to complain.
That is a rather weird interpretation.
Replaces: causes the automatic removal of a package
See Section 8.3 of programmers manual.