On Fr, Jan 08, 2010 at 03:39:31 (CET), James Vega wrote: > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:51:13AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >> Source: vlc >> Source-Version: 1.0.4-2 >> [snip] >> * Move back hotkeys to vlc-nox (Closes: #563477) >> * Fix Replaces/Conflicts version so that upgrade work (Closes: >> #563476, #563483) > > See #560896 for why > > Package: vlc > Version: 1.0.4-2 > Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.0.4-2) > Conflicts: vlc-nox (<< 1.0.4-2) > > Package: vlc-nox > Version: 1.0.4-2 > Conflicts: vlc (<< 1.0.4-2) > > is broken.
That bugreport has very long discussion threads, and after skimming them, I didn't understand how that bug relates to this situation. Here in vlc, both conflicts are versioned. Both apt and aptitude should be able to find the obvious solution: pick the latest version of both packages. How can this cause problems? -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
