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Re: Composit list of reported problems with 1.2

'Dale Scheetz wrote:'
>
>On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
>
>> > Replaces: base
>> > Depends: base-passwd, makedev
>> > Conflicts: base
>> > Provides: base
>> 
>> Let's try it without "Conflicts: base" and see if it works OK that way.
>> 
>But it will not remove the base package without the Conflicts, will it?

True.  But I don't see it as necessary to keep the dpkg database
perfectly clean.  I'd like to know Ian's opinion about all the gunk
accumulating in "dpkg -l" output now that several packages have been
replaced and etc.  However, it should not be a goal of package
maintainers to keep these things "clean".  Instead they should err on
the side of safety.  Which means don't put a conflicts: base into any
of the 3 packages that replace base.  If it is done incorrectly, we
will screw up people's systems.  Guy said that if base-files depended
upon the two other packages that replace base, then conflicts:  base
would work.  This is true in theory, but if there is a bug in any of
the three packages, one's system will get screwed.  I don't think the
"cleanness" of the dpkg database is worth the risk.  But if the three
base package maintainers coordinate and do the job right, a conflicts
line could be implemented correctly.  My advise:  don't use conflicts
in this case!

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