* Jonathan Nieder [2012-05-04 17:35 -0500]:
> Carsten Hey wrote:
> > * Patrick Ouellette [2012-05-04 13:38 -0400]:
>
> >> If you read the entire section 7.4 is seems entirely reasonable to
> >> create a package with an executable name that already exists in Debian
> >> with a package conflicts tag
Carsten Hey wrote:
> * Patrick Ouellette [2012-05-04 13:38 -0400]:
>> If you read the entire section 7.4 is seems entirely reasonable to
>> create a package with an executable name that already exists in Debian
>> with a package conflicts tag if the two executables have different
>> functionality.
* Patrick Ouellette [2012-05-04 13:38 -0400]:
> "Conflicts should be used
>
> when two packages provide the same file and will continue to do so"
/usr/bin/sendmail is provided by citadel-mta, courier-mta, dma,
esmtp-run, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, ...
That is what the policy mean
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:27:27AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> Patrick Ouellette writes:
>
> > Policy 7.4 states
>
> > "Neither Breaks nor Conflicts should be used unless two packages cannot
> > be installed at the same time or installing them both causes one of them
> > to be broken or unu
Patrick Ouellette writes:
> Policy 7.4 states
> "Neither Breaks nor Conflicts should be used unless two packages cannot
> be installed at the same time or installing them both causes one of them
> to be broken or unusable. Having similar functionality or performing the
> same tasks as another p
Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
Policy 7.4 states
"Neither Breaks nor Conflicts should be used unless two packages cannot be
installed at the same time or installing them both causes one of them to be
broken or unusable. Having similar functionality or performing the same tasks
as anot
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