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             Hubert Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Sat, 31 May 2003, T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
>
>> I don't think you can have a package both provide and conflict with
>> the same thing (j2re).
>
>It works and is often used, e.g.
>
>$ apt-cache show exim4-daemon-light
>...
>Provides: mail-transport-agent
>Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
>...

I stand corrected.  Viewed in that light, it's the only reasonable
way to make a large group of packages mutually exclusive.  Oops.

- Alex


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