Bug#627508: conflicting binary path for dconf and d-conf

[Ulrich Dangel]

* Willi Mann wrote [17.06.12 12:34]:

Any progress on this? This should be a rather simple issue.

> My recommendation is to rename the binary of dconf. Maybe the binaries
> name could be changed to confdumper?

I think this would be a great proposal but from the Debian Policy:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html

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| 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. See Maintainer Scripts, Section 3.9 and Conflicting
| binary packages - Conflicts, Section 7.4 respectively.) If this case happens,
| one of the programs must be renamed. The maintainers should report this to the
| debian-devel mailing list and try to find a consensus about which program will
| have to be renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both programs must be
| renamed.
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I am not sure what happens when the maintainer does not react but maybe
the package should get removed

> Greetings from Salzburg BSP

Greetings from the Dublin BSP
Ulrich
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