On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 10:11:48PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > I don't think Branden realised that the conf/repl/prov trick will > automatically deinstall the xfnt packages. My understanding of his > objection was the ugliness of having them hang around. I'm far, far more willing to play games with the control file than create 9 bogus packages. I remain open to suggestions (other than Santiago's favorite -- and even that I will consider, but only if it emerges as the victor among a set of alternatives). In the meantime, please explain this to me. C/R/P will automatically deinstall the old xfnt packages, WITHOUT installing their replacements? Is that true of the old static libs? Why? Nothing conflicts with the old ones except the new ones. If you don't select the new ones for installation, I don't understand why dpkg should see a need to kick the old ones out. What would happen if I removed the Provides: but left the other two? How about the Conflicts:? -- G. Branden Robinson | Psychology is really biology. Debian GNU/Linux | Biology is really chemistry. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | Chemistry is really physics. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | Physics is really math.
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