Re: Policy regarding Motif apps?
Rob Leslie writes:
>
> Another idea I had: don't change the package name, but merely distribute two
> .deb files (app-smotif.deb and app-dmotif.deb) both containing the same
> albeit variantly linked package, "app". This would simplify dpkg handling
> somewhat by not forcing you to explicitly remove one to install the other. It
> would also make it easier to identify the package for removal, since you
> needn't know which variant was installed. If in doubt, `ldd' can always be
> used to determine how a program was linked.
>
> I think I would prefer this, unless it will confuse something else I'm not
> considering.
I know it will confuse and break the `Packages' file maker script, which
uses two files having the same package name as an error condition, which
I think it is...
I wonder, can you use dpkg -r on a virtual package name? I'll have to
construct a test case if Ian J doesn't reply first...
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