On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:12:31PM -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hm, that used to be a "magic" combination that would let dpkg do the > > right thing. > > I've heard this stated before, but if it was ever true, it's definitely not > the case with apt (or with britney), and it's not mentioned in policy. I > suppose it's possible that dselect had some magic handling here that I've > never seen, but at least for the majority of users, a package in this > configuration isn't useful for transitioning, it's just broken, because it > depends on a package that conflicts with it.
IIRC, the magic works (except it also needs provides:)... in the case where there is *NO* dummy package. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
