On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in > another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also > contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A > Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain these files, it simply > conflicts with them, so they must be removed.
> How do I stop files from B from being installed? If I simply put rm > <files> into A's postinst script, the files could be reinstalled the > next time B is upgraded. By coordinating with the maintainer of that other package, rather than trying to undermine his packaging decisions. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
