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G'Day, I'm curious about how dpkg handles the "Conflicts:" line of packages that are already installed on the machine. If package X conflicts with package Y, and Y is already installed, I cannot install X. This is normal. BUT... if X is installed, what happens if I try to install Y? Y doesn't say that it conflicts with X. Does dpkg somehow scan thru the installed packages' control files to check for conflict? I would hope that dpkg would somehow catch this and prevent the installation of Y. This could be a serious problem otherwise. If this has been pointed out before, just let me know and I'll shut up. Cheers, -- Todd Harper "Damn it Smithers, this isn't rocket science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's brain surgery!" -- Mr. Burns -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
