Jeremy Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this supported? Suppose the files between revs are named not to > conflict. It would be nice to be able to install a new version of a > critical package, leaving the old one around while testing so you can > fall back to it, then later remove the old one. The kernel and > postgresql come to mind.
No, dpkg does not supported this (and imho shouldn't, because the added complexity is not worth the minimal gain. - How many packages with differ only in the version number contain no commom files?) cu andreas