Bug#383420: exim4-config 4.63 should conflict with exim4 < 4.63

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2006-08-17 Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 09:01:45AM +0200, Yannick Roehlly wrote:
>> When ugrading my Debian Sid, I did not notice that I was upgrading
>> exim4-config but not exim4 packages (the PowerPC packages were not
>> yet autobuilt).
>> 
>> The post.inst script fails with:
>> 
>> Param?trage de exim4-config (4.63-2) ...
>> 2006-08-17 08:40:01 Exim configuration error in line 519 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>>   option "forbid_smtp_code" unknown
[...] 
>> Maybe exim4-config version 4.63 should conflict with previous versions
>> of exim4 packages to prevent failing partial upgrades.

> You have a point. I am not sure, though, about how to handle this
> since the conflict is caused by a conffile.

> What do the other maintainers and BTS regulars think?

I think the conflict should simply be bumped from << 4.50 to << 4.63.

cu andreas