[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#727708: systemd-shim uploaded to NEW

[Raphael Hertzog]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Ian Jackson wrote:
> >  The only alternative I see is for systemd-shim to declare a
> > Replaces: against systemd without a Conflicts,
> 
> This would be quite wrong; Replaces is not supposed to be used like
> that (but you apparently know that).
> 
> How do the systemd maintainers think this problem should be solved ?

I don't know the specifics of systemd-shim, but dpkg-divert is the usual
answer when you need/want to replace something without the consent of the
other side.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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