Folks,
As I dig more into the whole question of installing alternate init
systems, I realize that I'm a bit confused about the behavior of apt-
when it comes to virtual packages; and I can't find any documentation
that clarifies things.
Specifically, in this situation:
Package: A
Depends: B
Package: B1
Provides: B
Conflicts: B
Replaces: B
Package B2
Provides: B
Conflicts: B
Replaces: B
As I understand it, the package priority determines what gets installed
by default, but how does one explicitly install a lower-priority
alternative, and what, if anything, prevents the higher priority
alternative from being reinstalled during a future install (e.g, as part
of a dependency fulfillment or an updgrade)?
I know I ran across this at some point when installing Postfix - but I
can't for the life of me remember how this all worked out, an can't find
documentation anywhere.
Can someone elaborate for me?
Thanks!
Miles
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