Hello, if I might say my own opinion, given that I sponsored mysql-utilities, here is a proposed solution.
- libmysql-diff-perl should build a new binary package (let's call it libmysql-diff-perl-bin, for the sake of example). This will only contain the script in /usr/bin/, and will depend on libmysql-diff-perl -- which will only contain the Perl module. Also, the lib*-bin package will Conflict with mysql-utilities. - mysql-utilities should Conflict with the newly-generated package. Unfortunately, it's not possible (IMHO) to use alternatives, since the two mysql-diff programs have slightly different options (and features, too). Dmitry (maintainer of mysql-utilities) proposed to move its binaries to /usr/lib/mysql-utilities: I'm strongly against this, since those binaries will have no use outside mysql-workbench (which they should have, instead). Failing to split libmysql-diff-perl means that either mysql-utilities moves its binaries in strange locations out of $PATH, or that it should conflict with the whole Perl module (which really makes no sense). Another option would be renaming one of the two binaries: mysql-utilities provides many binaries in the form mysql<something>, renaming just one of them seems weird. Thus I propose to rename the one contained within the Perl module, if that's an acceptable solution to both parts involved. I'm confident that pkg-perl people will express their own opinion, and that we'll find a solution to this. Kindly, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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