Re: Little FAQ for users and maintainers

1999-10-04 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 12:56:56PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > And don't forget Replaces: foo (<< new-version), that's what it's there > for---files moving from one package to another! Don't use replaces unless you're sure you need it. Partial replaces have some strange effects in certain situa

Re: Little FAQ for users and maintainers

1999-10-02 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 09:18:41AM -0400, Fabien Ninoles wrote: > Conflicts: foo (<< new-version) And don't forget Replaces: foo (<< new-version), that's what it's there for---files moving from one package to another! -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux developer Gn

Re: Little FAQ for users and maintainers

1999-10-02 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Fabien Ninoles wrote: > Many time, apt-get break on conflicting files. It happens me often > on unstable but also when upgrading from slink to potato. Here some > recommendations to help users resolved the conflicts and also to > help maintainers do the Right Things (TM) the f