On Tue, 2005-08-23 12:06, Fabio Tranchitella wrote: > Il giorno lun, 22/08/2005 alle 11.57 +0100, Edward Speyer ha scritto: > > Package: dovecot-imapd > > Severity: important > > > > While trying to make the transition from uw-imapd to dovecot-imapd, I > > find I am unable to have both packages installed concurrently due to the > > "Conflicts:" section for dovecot-imapd. > > > > (I would like to test dovecot before going "live" with it, and to have > > my old imapd running during this test period.) > > > > Surely it should be possible to have both packages installed at once? > > Is there a technical reason why it would be bad to have both IMAPDs > > running? > > You are right, we'll remove the conflicts field with the next upload > (dovecot-1.0.alpha1).
I actually built a custom dovecot package without either the "Provides: imap-server" or "Conflicts: imap-server" because the "Provides: imap-server" from dovecot conflicted with the "Conflicts: imap-server" of uw-imapd, my previous IMAP daemon. There are lots of other 'imap-server' packages that have the problem of not wanting to co-install with other 'imap-server' packages: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep-dctrl -sPackage,Provides,Conflicts -FProvides,Conflicts 'imap-server' /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages Package: bincimap-run Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap-server Package: courier-imap Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap-server Package: cyrus-imapd Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap, imapd, imap-4, imap-server Package: cyrus21-imapd Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap-server Package: dovecot-imapd Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap-server Package: mailutils-imap4d Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imap-server Package: uw-imapd Provides: imap-server Conflicts: imapd, imap-4, imap, imap-server, logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9) Either: - What I originally wanted to do was extra-ordinary, and that, on balance, it is better for any package that provides imap-server to also conflict with imap-server - All these packages incorrectly "Conflict" with imap-server, which stops syadmins co-installing two imap servers in order to do tests and make smooth transitions[*] Perhaps I should take this to a debian-* list. If I were to do so, I would value your opinion as a DD and imap-server package maintainer. Thanks, Ed [*] Obviously, massive bias there on my part :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]