Re: To Peter Geoghegan 2017-10-03 <20171003072437.zdptcl23kewltivh@msg.df7cb.de>
> > Without this, the control file of the external version simply
> > overwrites the contrib version as part of "make install". That's
> > clearly not okay.
>
> On the dpkg side, the package would be uninstallable because the file
> lists conflict.
>
> The .so file would also need renaming, btw...
Fwiw, on the dpkg side, another way out of the situation would be to
dpkg-divert the files away. Given that both packages provide the same
functionality, just different versions, that might be a nice way to
handle the problem.
Just renaming everything might be easier to handle, though.
Anyway, waiting for your ideas :)
Christoph
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