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.B Conflicts
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field to force removal of the other package, if this one also has the
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same files as the conflicted package.
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-.TP
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-.BI Provides: " package-list"
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-This is a list of virtual packages that this one provides. Usually this is
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-used in the case of several packages all providing the same service.
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-For example, sendmail and exim can serve as a mail server, so they
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-provide a common package (\(lqmail\-transport\-agent\(rq) on which other
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-packages can depend.
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-This will allow sendmail or exim to serve as a valid option
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-to satisfy the dependency. This prevents the packages that depend on a mail
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-server from having to know the package names for all of them, and using
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-\(oq\fB|\fP\(cq to separate the list.
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.LP
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The syntax of
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.BR Breaks ,
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-.BR Conflicts ,
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-.B Replaces
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+.B Conflicts
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and
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-.B Provides
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+.B Replaces
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is a list of package names, separated by commas (and optional whitespace).
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In the
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.B Breaks
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@@ -268,8 +256,30 @@ An optional version can also be given with the same syntax as above for the
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.B Conflicts
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and
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.B Replaces
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-fields, and an optional exact (equal to) version can also be given with the
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-same syntax as above for the \fBProvides\fP field (since dpkg 1.17.11).
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+fields.
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+.
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+.TP
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+.BI Provides: " package-list"
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+This is a list of virtual packages that this one provides.
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+Usually this is used in the case of several packages all providing the
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+same service.
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+For example, sendmail and exim can serve as a mail server, so they
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+provide a common package (\(lqmail\-transport\-agent\(rq) on which
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+other packages can depend.
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+This will allow sendmail or exim to serve as a valid option to satisfy
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+the dependency.
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+This prevents the packages that depend on a mail server from having to
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+know the package names for all of them, and using \(oq\fB|\fP\(cq to
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+separate the list.
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+.LP
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+The syntax of
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+.B Provides
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+is a list of package names, separated by commas (and optional whitespace).
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+An optional architecture qualifier can also be appended to the package
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+name with the same syntax as above.
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+If omitted, the default is the current binary package architecture.
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+An optional exact (equal to) version can also be given with the same
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+syntax as above (honored since dpkg 1.17.11).
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.
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.TP
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.BI Built\-Using: " package-list"
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