Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> writes:
> Breaks support is present in the version of dpkg in lenny, and there
> are already multiple uses of Breaks in the archive now for unstable.
> The disclaimer about not using Breaks should be dropped.
Yes. Also:
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4443,12 +4443,6 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
<heading>Packages which break other packages - <tt>Breaks</tt></heading>
<p>
- Using <tt>Breaks</tt> may cause problems for upgrades from older
- versions of Debian and should not be used until the stable
- release of Debian supports <tt>Breaks</tt>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
When one binary package declares that it breaks another,
<prgn>dpkg</prgn> will refuse to allow the package which
declares <tt>Breaks</tt> be installed unless the broken
I'm applying this for the next release of Policy. (I believe this is an
informative change that doesn't require seconds.)
Thanks!
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