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"Profile contains conflicting entries" could be more helpful

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> sturm.com.au>
Cc: 29255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29255: "Profile contains conflicting entries" could be more helpful
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 14:59:04 +0100

Hi Ben,

Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> sturm.com.au> skribis:

> So I think the bug is that the user interface could be more helpful here.
> It should probably either tell you what happened and what you can do to
> fix it, or offer to resolve the conflict/perform the upgrade for you.

Would it be desirable or even feasible to resolve the conflict for you?
I wouldn’t want the tool to remove installed packages without asking me,
for instance.

Could you suggest messages you’d like to see in this case?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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