On 00-12-27 Peter Palfrader wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > On 00-12-27 Peter Palfrader wrote:
> > > On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > > > > So does grafix-dev.
> > > >
> > > > But that is not fine. No package should contain any files that are in an
> > > > other package already. So the correct solution is to put those
> > > > conflicting files either in grafix1 or grafix-dev.
> >
> > > That should be fine as grafix is an old package, not?
> >
> > Hm, grafix and grafix-dev are old package and grafix1 and grafix1-dev
> > are new packages?
> no, old package: grafix
> new packages: grafix1 and grafix-dev
> grafix1 and grafix-dev can be installed together (as it should be)
> grafix-dev depends on grafix1
> The only problem is that when installing grafix-dev, the old package
> "grafix" might still be installed -> file clash. Therefore grafix1
> as well as grafix-dev should Conflict: grafix.
Are you sure that grafix1 and grafix-dev do not have any files in
common? If yes, your suggestion would be alright.
> > > > > So apt-get dist-upgrade will not catch it and wait until you
> > > > > manually install grafix1 or grafix-dev?
> > > >
> > > > I never used dist-upgrade, so I can't comment on this.
> >
> > > How do you upgrade?
> >
> > apt-get upgrade
> Will "apt-get upgrade" work if the new package only has
> | Replaces: foo
> | Conflicts: foo
> ioe, will it pick up the new package automatically if the old
> one was installed? (it didn't for me although I might have
> screwed up)
Hm, why do you ask me such a question via this mail, when you can get a
faster and better answer via IRC, where some other people can help too?
Ciao
Christian
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