On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:30:40 +0200, Móczik Gábor wrote:
> 2012.06.21. 18:07 keltezéssel, Camaleón írta:
>> What's the exact output you get from apt?
(...)
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> cyrus-imapd-2.2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> dovecot-imapd
(...)
Mmmm... is the same for the pop3 counterparts?
>>> Is there a way not to automatically remove Cyrus?
>>
>> I wonder what package/rule is the reason for the "break" or "conflict"
>> here.
>
> dovecot:
>
> Replaces: dovecot-common, imap-server
> Provides: imap-server
^^^^^^^^^^^
> cyrus:
> Replaces: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd
> Provides: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd, imap-server
> Conflicts: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd, imap-server
^^^^^^^^^^^
So "imap-server" is the one making noise here, right?
Lets see what the packaging guidelines have to say in this respect:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
I would contact the Cyrus package maintainers and ask them about this.
The "conflict" flag in cyrus seems too restrictive (although "courier-
imap" also has it), but maybe there's a strong reason for it we can't
see :-?
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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