On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 09:49:57PM -0500, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> I don't think a "compatibility" package (an empty package under the
> original name that "depends" on all the new packages) will work here,
> since the hamm package name is still valid in slink. It just does not
> contain as much. We could use "recommends" to bring in the other
> packages, but that pretty much defeats the purpose of splitting the
> package to begin with.
>
> How about a script that examines /var/lib/dpkg/status for packages
> that have split, and adds "install" entries for the new packages? I
> suppose it could be run either before or after "apt-get dist-upgrade".
>
> - Jim Van Zandt
I think we should add support for package splits to dpkg to get this straight.
If someone updates his system the old functionality should be preserved. Would
it be possible to add a split-field as
Split: 3.2.2-2 -> xterm, twm, ...
Read: this_package-3.2.2-2 has been split to this_package-current, xterm-same,
twm-same, ...
(not a real example but I do not have the package list for slink handy).
Just a stupid idea. Better forget it soon :)
cu
Torsten
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