#include <hallo.h> Hamish Moffatt wrote on Fri Oct 12, 2001 um 10:34:06PM: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:10:47PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Packages must not overwrite other packages' files. You can perhaps use > > the "alternatives" mechanism. See update-alternatives(8). > > Diversions (dpkg-divert) would be appropriate in this case.
OTOH only one package can apply diversion on a file, this would not work with multiple packages. This method is good for only one package _strongly_ depending on another one, but not for more than two packages, and sometimes old packages diverting stuff in another one break some things. > Any package can divert another's files. However, all packages must > agree to use alternatives to manage a particular file. And what is the problem? The maintainers should work together anyhow. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Akkulicht-Radler! Foliengriller! Anonymspender! Vorfahrtverzichter!
