On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:45:44AM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: >> Note that plocate is meant to be able to be installed alongside mlocate, >> so Breaks: is not appropriate. But they share updatedb.conf (they read it >> using the same code). > what do you expect to happen with updatedb.conf if both mlocate and plocate > are installed and thereafter plocate gets purged?
One would hope it's kept. But if dpkg can't handle that, maybe either I misunderstood the dpkg developers, or it is simply a bug. What is a good alternative? Can I “give it back” to mlocate in prerm if mlocate is installed? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: https://www.sesse.net/
