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Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Fri Feb 15 21:34:36 UTC 2008


>>>>> "JK" == Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> writes:

JK> Fedora packaging guidelines don't allow for packages that
JK> conflict.

Well, there's no absolute prohibition on conflicting package; it's
discouraged but allowed as long as the conflicts are explicit.
Packages should not conflict, but when there is no other choice then
you must use Conflicts: to make the issue explicit.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts

 - J<




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