Re: dselect/dpkg dependency problems
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
> several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
> separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
> they should be reported as bugs.
>
> Timezone:
> Version 7.48-3 of timezone was installed and timezones version
> 2.0.5c-0.1 was selected for installation. timezones replaces and
> conflicts with timezone. However, dselect reported:
>
> "dpkg: regarding .../base/timezones_2.0.5c-0.1.deb containing
> timezones:
> timezones conflicts with timezone
> timezone (version 7.48-3) is installed.
> dpkg: error processing /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base\
> /timezones_2.0.5c-0.1.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing timezones
>
> Is this correct behavior on the part of dpkg? It should be
> possible to upgrade, even if the package name is changed, without
> having to use --force.
I'm not sure, but maybe the old timezone is "required" and dpkg does not
want to remove it (?). In such case, timezones should *provide* timezone,
and maybe that way dpkg would be able to replace timezone by timezones.
I would report this as a bug.
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