Bug#637975: iceape-browser: depends on iceape which conflicts with iceape-browser

[Sven Joachim]

On 2011-08-16 10:35 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> It is true that both "aptitude full-upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade"
> would work, but then iceape is in danger of getting autoremoved
> immediately.  Since most systems have packages installed that depend
> on or recommend www-browser or mail-reader, this is not likely to happen
> for many people, but the danger is there.
>
> You can avoid that by using versioned Conflicts (or better, Breaks) and
> leaving the cleanup of the transitional package to the sysadmin.  Then
> "aptitude safe-upgrade" actually works.

Another problem with the current approach is that apt will remove
iceape-browser before installing iceape.  Thus, if /usr/bin/iceape has
been manually configured as preferred alternative for x-www-browser or
mozilla, these settings will be lost.

Cheers,
       Sven