> Okay, then solve the problem of which one should actually work on the > standard port? You can't use update-alternatives if the software is
Well, I would prefer that things didn't start listening for connections without asking first, but I can't imagine that that's a popular suggestion. > launched in a different manner. If you have such an advanced setup, it > isn't really that hard to build it yourself, or use --force. And if I did an apt-get dist-upgrade, I would get this: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: cucipop: Conflicts: pop3-server Conflicts: qpopper but <version> is installed gnu-pop3d: Conflicts: pop3-server E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. And if I were to do an apt-get -f dist-upgrade, it would remove gnu-pop3d and qpopper, leaving cucipop. So what you're telling me is that anyone with a "complex" setup shouldn't bother using Debian?