Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is done by removing all files from the package B and setting > the dependencies as follows: > > A: > > Replaces: B > Conflicts: B > > B: > > Depends: A > Description: Transitional package for A > This is a transitional package which ensures users of B will use > A in the future. It can safely be removed.
How can that work? If B Depends: A, but A Conflicts: B, won't they just refuse to be upgraded? I think A needs to declare Conflicts: B ( <= $last_nontransitional_version ). Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
