>> "BE" == Boris Erdmann <boris@erdmann.com> writes: [.. renaming packages ..] BE> If you are lucky, there are no dependencies to x11amp. Else there BE> will be a maintainance dummy package, no? Conflicts: x11amp Replaces: x11amp Provides: x11amp is the standard way to rename a packages. It is the best thing the packaging system can do for now. Ciao, Martin