On 2012-10-06 19:17, Rene Engelhard wrote: after install A install B remove B
>> That package is now non-functional, so we *need* a Breaks or similar. > > The old package does not need to be functional anymore. libgraphite3-2 A is a crippled package at this point, nobody notices as long as B is installed. > contains a symlink for the old SONAME and Provides: libgraphite2-2.0.0 so > a) the r-deps have their dependency fullfilled and b) the r-deps still work. But crippled A without B still fulfills the dependencies of the rdepends. But they don't work. A is now RC because of B. So the having a crippled A installed must be forbidden by appropriate relationships. > And Downgrades (where this would matter that removing libgraphite3-2 leaves > a non-functional libgraphite2-2.0.0) are not supprted. That is not a downgrade from dpkg's point of view. Add a Breaks and it looks a bit more like a downgrade. Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
