Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-21 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Christoph Lameter) wrote: > Ok. Section 8.3 of the manual regarding Replace: > > If one package is to be installed, the other must be removed first - if > the package being installed is marked as replacing (Replaces - overwriting > files and replacing packages, section 8.5) > the one on the s

Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-21 Thread Christoph Lameter
Ok. Section 8.3 of the manual regarding Replace: If one package is to be installed, the other must be removed first - if the package being installed is marked as replacing (Replaces - overwriting files and replacing packages, section 8.5) the one on the system, or the one on the system is marked a

Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-21 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Christoph Lameter) wrote: > On 18 Sep 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Lameter) wrote on 17.09.96 in <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before > > > installation? > > > > No, that's Conflicts:. Repl

Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-20 Thread Christoph Lameter
On 18 Sep 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Lameter) wrote on 17.09.96 in <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>: > > > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before > > installation? > > No, that's Conflicts:. Replaces: says that the package will replace some >

Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-18 Thread Guy Maor
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote: > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before > installation? No, replaces and conflicts together implies that. RTFM. Guy

Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

1996-09-18 Thread Christoph Lameter
I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before installation? It should not be possible to reinstall ppp if isp-ppp is installed without it being automatically removed (as per the "Replaces:" in isp-ppp). This might be an issue for dpkg. I wonder why I dont get these bug repo