[PLUG] Looking for an rpm feature

[Wil Cooley]

Also Sprach Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg at microsharp.com> on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:35:54AM PST
> >>>>> "Wil" == Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc> writes:
> 
>     Wil> It's a problem when two packages want to install
>     Wil> /usr/bin/foo; there's no way to do it cleanly.
> 
>  In the Debian system, if two packages want to install the same
>  program, eg "vim" and "nvi" both provide a "vi", each package
>  installs a binary with a unique name, and then the
>  "update-alternatives" command is used from the postinst to provide a
>  symlink named "vi".

That still doesn't solve the problem of installing two
different versions of the same program.

Wil
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