On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 08:41:41AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > Package: grafix-dev > > Severity: normal > > > > or maybe conflict. dunno. anyway. here's log. > > [Summary for people on -qa: > old package: grafix > new packages: grafix1 (Replaces: grafix) > grafix-dev (Depends: grafix1) > ]
grafix1 should Conflicts+Replaces grafix, and grafix-dev should Conflicts grafix. > Let's say I have grafix installed and run an apt-get dist-upgrade. > IMHO it should upgrade grafix to grafix1, but I could not get it > to work with several mixes of Conflicts, Replaces and Provides. Yes, it's not possible. APT can only make an educated guess... > Perhaps we need an updated (and empty) binary grafix that depends > on grafix1? How long would we keep that binary around? That's right. But that's an ugly workaround for a feature that's missing in the packaging system. I'd rather not do it... -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
