On 24-Nov-1997 03:38:49, Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Surely it is sufficient for your packages to Conflicts: theirs > > and theirs to Conflicts: yours. > > i need the provides: so i have something to conflicts: to.
You can conflict against real packages -- there's no need for a virtual package. > i think the conflict/provide mechanism is the best solution for this. > (or better : the only practical solution i know :-) Conflict is the right thing to do, but conflict is not (necessarily, or even usually) paired with provide. -- Steve Greenland
