On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 01:47:20PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > >> TBH, I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with the Provides: > > >> avahi-autoipd in dhcpcd-base. > > >> > > >> Answering that question might help with finding a proper solution. > > > > > > dhclient doesn't provide IPv4LL but has hooks to call avahi-autoipd as > > > needed. Meanwhile dhcpcd provides IPv4LL out of the box, along the > > > same fallback connectivity logic as avahi-autoipd. Having both > > > installed is not only redundant, it concurrently tries to control the > > > same interfaces. Basically, this is the same reason why we want to > > > avoid 2 DHCP clients trying to control the same interface and assume > > > that as long as one package Proivides dhcp-client, we've got a > > > bootable host. > > > > A Provides: avahi-autoipd does not ensure that both packages can't be > > installed at the same time. So it fails to achieve what you are trying > > to do. > > I've been told before not to Conflicts against other packages > providing similar features. I therefore avoided doing the same here > and instead Provides along a logic similar to dhcp-client.
It's still the wrong solution to the problem you are describing. If you want to prevent installation of avahi-autoipd together with dhcpcd, then some other solution needs to be found. Chris
