On 3 Oct 2002, Thomas Hood wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 16:48, Ben Collins wrote: > > > I just tested your hypothesis on two packages that > > > share a conffile, the second Conflicts:ing with the > > > first (as login Conflicts: with pam-apps): > > > 1. Install #1 (which installs the conffile) > > > 2. Install #2 (which removes #1 and takes over the conffile) > > > 3. Purge #1 > > > The last step did *not* delete the conffile. > > > > I said: > > > > 1. Install #1 > > 2. Deinstall #2 (not purge) > > 3. Install #2 > > 4. Purge #1 > > Right. These are the same procedure. > My step 2 is the same as your steps 2 & 3.
No, they aren't.
