Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Feb 1997 03:00:21 +0000 Received: (qmail 8884 invoked from network); 12 Feb 1997 03:00:16 -0000 Received: from mailc.telia.com (root@194.22.190.4) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 12 Feb 1997 03:00:15 -0000 Received: from d1o16.telia.com (root@d1o16.telia.com [194.237.165.241]) by mailc.telia.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id DAA05528 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:54:38 +0100 Received: from oehansen.telia.com (t11o16p16.telia.com [194.237.165.187]) by d1o16.telia.com (8.7.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id DAA14004 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:54:37 +0100 (MET) Received: (from oehansen@localhost) by oehansen.telia.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id DAA11175 for submit@bugs.debian.org; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:23:10 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:23:10 +0100 From: "Orn E. Hansen" Message-Id: <199702120223.DAA11175@oehansen.telia.com> To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: dpkg 1.4.0.5 : Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.5 replacing a pacage with another, that provides the same package. Causes conflicts with programs that depend on it... an example: I have quota installed, and e2fsprogs which are marked essential. I replace e2fsprogs with e2compr, a package that provides e2fsprogs, and replaces it. I cannot install it, without --auto-deconfigure... because quota depends on e2fsprogs which are essential, and in this case dpkg doesn't listen to Replace, nor Provides fields for e2compr. After install, I have to use --ignore-depend=e2fsprogs to have quota reconfigured because dpkg doesn't recognize that e2compr provides e2fsprogs (Even though e2compr has Provides field filled with e2fsprogs). -- System Information Debian Release: 1.2 Kernel Version: Linux oehansen 2.0.27 #2 Tue Dec 24 06:32:41 CET 1996 i486 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: libc5 Version: 5.4.20-1 ncurses3.0 Version: 1.9.9e-1