[issue645] base64 should not conflict with coreutils

[Darshaka Pathirana]

New submission from Darshaka Pathirana <dpat at syn-net.org>:

Hi!

After finally upgrading my box to Debian/Lenny and grml-2008.11 I
noticed that base64 conflicts with coreutils (>= 6.0-1) (most probably
because base64 is included in the newer coreutils).

I was thinking of a solution (instead of removing base64 from the
repository) and found this in [1]:

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-conflicts

.-------------------------------------------------------------------
|A Conflicts entry should almost never have an "earlier than" version
|clause.  This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the
|package which declared such a conflict until the upgrade or removal of
|the conflicted-with package had been completed. Instead, Breaks may be
|used (once Breaks is supported by the stable release of Debian). 
`-------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe this is the one needed to make base64 correct but maybe not, you
decide...

base64 is not (and should not be) installable in Debian/Lenny but also
also prevents any older versions of coreutils to be upgraded. Just
wanted to let you know.

HAND,
 - Darsha

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messages: 2002
nosy: jkirk
priority: bug
status: unread
title: base64 should not conflict with coreutils

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