David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This is not possible; it would be a RC bug: >> /--- Policy 10.1 >> | Two different packages must not install programs with different >> | functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs >> | having the same functionality but different implementations is handled via >> | "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism. >> \--- > (sorry for rearranging your statement) > Both programs provide the same basic functionality indeed > (i.e. translations), and the implementation is different. Why not using > alternatives|Conflicts then? (read as: I can't understand your Policy > citation, since it seems you're contradicting yourself). I've always read functionality in this context as meaning the API, not the general task the program does. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
