On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Andrius Merkys wrote: > I fail to find the formal definitions (regarding API/ABI and files) of > Provides and Replaces fields of d/control, could someone point it out to me > please? In particular, if package A Provides/Replaces B, does that mean that > A MUST have the same API/ABI and files as B?
The fields are defined in Debian Policy: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#virtual-packages-provides https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#overwriting-files-and-replacing-packages-replaces -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise