Re: package removal
Hi,
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0200 (METDST)
> Sebastiaan <S.Breedveld@ewi.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> >
> > with the testing dist-upgrade I did last week, some packages were
> > removed. Usually I trust apt and Debian not to remove application
> > packages, but this time it removed xv.
>
> For something to be removed, you have to answer "y" to the question
> of whether you want them to be. Presumably, you did.
>
true, and I was intending to reinstall it after the upgrade was complete.
Problem is: apt doesn't allow you to choose which packages are not to
removed: it's either all or nothing. Choosing "n" will cause apt to abort
the upgrade, so that wasn't really an option.
>
> > Now I can't find this package in the Debian tree anymore, neither did
> > apt give me a reason why this package has been obsoleted or came with an
> > alternative.
> >
> > Ideas where to find information why packages are obsoleted and removed
> > from the tree?
>
> Google? The archives of this mailing list? Both contain info on
> why xv was removed from Debian. I went to Google and did a search
> on "xv removed Debian" and the very first result contained an
> answer to your question.
>
the magic of typing the right words.
Thanks!
Sebastiaan
> -c
>
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