On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:27:31AM +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Package: unicode-data > > Conflicts: console-data (<< 2:1.0-1) > > > > Isn't this just replacing some files that used to be in console-data? If > > so, please use Replaces rather than Conflicts; it makes life easier for > > the package management system. > > Ok, will do; but whats the practical difference between > Replaces: and Conflicts: ?
Conflicts causes the conflicted-against package to be removed entirely from the system (and presumably reinstalled later) if the package manager can't work out how to upgrade it first. This often causes thrashing, and sometimes causes the unwanted removal of packages higher up the dependency chain too (metapackages seem in practice to be particularly prone to having this happen to them). Replaces (when used without Conflicts; Conflicts+Replaces means something else entirely) simply tells dpkg that it can overwrite some files from the other package. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
