>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 05:53:57AM +0200, Jean-François Mertens >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jack, >>> >>> I just updated libffi to check on that; >>> I guess the same conflict will remain, >>> so _ either the 2 manpages are essentiially equivalent, >>> ad then a mutual "Replaces" would suffice, >>> or else update-alternatives is called for, >>> and then (if that's what you mean with "who should own"), >>> it seems clear, as a matter of general principle, >>> that the original pkg has the higher priority... >>> Since libffi belongs to "None", you can handle this >>> for both pkgs.
One build just finished (the one on 64bit _ seems much faster); the 2 manpages are identical, so you could conceivably also go for just a mutual "Replaces". Though this is slightly less safe: if a user removes the last installed pkg of the 2, he would be left w/o that man3 page for the other pkg. But I'd guess such a user, if he needs that man3 page, knows sufficiently about libffi, and will think of reinstalling the pkg he wants to use. Jean-Francois PS 1: only other problem was at installation time _ because some pkgs (melina, classpath, others ?) Depend on gcc44 .. PS 2: Using --force-overwrite shows that all 3 man files are involved _ and in the same situation certainly. (Everything is as if the libffi you package within gcc45 was identical to the existing one in fink, except for having been compiled with a different gcc %v) : > # dpkg --force-depends --force-overwrite -i /sw/fink/debs/ > gcc45_4.5.0-1000_darwin-i386.deb > dpkg: considering removing gcc44 in favour of gcc45 ... > dpkg: warning - ignoring dependency problem with removal of gcc44: > gclasspath depends on gcc44 > gcc44 is to be removed. > dpkg: warning - ignoring dependency problem with removal of gcc44: > melina depends on gcc44 > gcc44 is to be removed. > dpkg: yes, will remove gcc44 in favour of gcc45. > (Reading database ... 768642 files and directories currently > installed.) > Unpacking gcc45 (from .../gcc45_4.5.0-1000_darwin-i386.deb) ... > install-info(cpp-4.info): no entry for file `cpp-4'. > install-info(cppinternals.info): deleting entry `* Cpplib: > (cppinternals) ...' > install-info(gcc-4.info): no entry for file `gcc-4'. > install-info(gccinstall.info): deleting entry `* gccinstall: > (gccinstall) ...' > install-info(gccint.info): deleting entry `* gccint: (gccint) ...' > install-info(gcj.info): deleting entry `* Gcj: (gcj) ...' > install-info(gfortran.info): deleting entry `* gfortran: > (gfortran) ...' > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man3/ffi.3', which is also in > package libffi > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man3/ffi_call.3', which is also > in package libffi > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif.3', which is > also in package libffi > Setting up gcc45 (4.5.0-1000) ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
