You (Christoph Lameter) wrote: > 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
... When used together with Conflicts:. Otherwise Kai is right. Mike. -- Miquel van | Cistron Internet Services -- Alphen aan den Rijn. Smoorenburg, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cistron.nl/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The truth is out there. 42.
