Packaging Questions
Essential binaries are moving out of miscutils into other packages.
The package replacement is going like this:
miscutils -> miscutils
chfn * getty
* login
* fdisk
* passwd
For obvious reasons, it's essential that the starred packages get
installed before the newer miscutils. What is the best way to
accomplish this? Also note that the chfn package is disappearing, but
dpkg-disappear-replace.txt indicates that is fairly automatic.
A simple method lets miscutils depend on the other four packages. This
dependency must then remain in miscutils forever, on the off chance a
user will upgrade directly to that version.
Is there a better way?
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