Bug#1050221: Upgrade a foot note to a paragraph

Package: debian-policy Version: 4.6.2.0 Severity: minor In the first paragraph of section 7.6.1 "Overwriting files in other packages" the reason why Breaks should be used when Replaces does is mentioned in a sentence and explained in a footnote. I suggest to take that sentence "Normally, Breaks s

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

Package: debian-policy Version: 4.6.2.0 Severity: normal Hi, over at bug #1050027 there is a discussion of applicable policy when splitting a package. I'll first explain what the bug is about and then why that's a problem with the Policy. The src:mathcomp-analysis package provided a single binar

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

Hi, Le mercredi 23 août 2023 à 08:45 +0100, Simon McVittie a écrit : > No, the central misunderstanding here is that you think Replaces will > have the effect of instructing dpkg to remove the replaced package > completely, which is not the case. Oh. I think I had two problems: (1) thinking "Rep