From 19e5293bab502946224fa74c729848cf82dc17a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:49:11 +0000 Subject: Describe how file collisions between blocking packages are resolved when they are temporarily installed simultaneously. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=10269 --- doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook') diff --git a/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook b/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook index 84d01a9f2..900217294 100644 --- a/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook +++ b/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook @@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ If one package blocks another package, the two packages conflict such that they cannot be installed simultaneously. - These conflicts are often due to file collisions. + These conflicts are often due to file collisions. In some + cases, packages that block eachother can be temporarily + installed simultaneously. In order to resolve file collisions + that occur between two blocking packages that are installed + simultaneously, the overlapping files must be removed from + the contents list of the package which was installed first. -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22