[Dovecot] dovecot not logging after upgrade to 2.1.7 on debian

Steinar Bang sb at dod.no
Thu May 9 17:56:08 EEST 2013


>>>>> Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>:

> and deb-packages does not support Obsoletes/Provides like RPM or only
> the packager too stupid not break upgrades?

There isn't an "obsolete"-concept, AFAIK.  But there is a way to handle
upgrades that switch implementations, through a mechanism called virtual
packages.

Why that wasn't done here, I don't know.  Perhaps it was overlooked.



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