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Re: Composit list of reported problems with 1.2

> > Replaces: base
> > Depends: base-passwd, makedev
> > Conflicts: base
> > Provides: base

Leave out the "Conflicts: base"... If it conflicts and replaces base, then
base will get removed when that package gets installed... which means big
problems unless the new package provides all of base's files (which it
doesn't, of course.)

There's no need for a Conflicts or for fancy depends. The base package
will dissapear on its own when all its files are replaced by other
packages. From the programmers' manual:

    9. Any packages all of whose files have been overwritten during the         
       installation, and which aren't required for dependencies, are 
       considered to have been removed. For each such package,                  
         1. dpkg calls:
disappearer's-postrm disappear \                                      
    overwriter overwriter-version
         2. The package's maintainer scripts are removed.            
         3. It is noted in the status database as being in a sane state,
            namely not installed (any conffiles it may have are ignored, 
            rather than being removed by dpkg). Note that disappearing 
            packages do not have their prerm called, because dpkg doesn't
            know in advance that the package is going to vanish.

... which is, I believe, exactly what we want to happen.

        Christian


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