Bug#2582: last is obsolete

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@ehess.cnrs-mrs.fr>]

On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Guy Maor wrote:

> Pacakge: last
> Version: 5-13
>
> The last package is obsoleted by sysvinit 2.59-1.  It should be removed
> from the unstable directory.

Carl, could you please do so?

> Two questions:
>
> How can the last copyright be removed?
> Will dpkg realize that the other files are directories and proceed to
> purge last?

The problem is not with last or dpkg, but with sysvinit. Miquel should
have put a Conflicts: last in the control file. AKAIUI dpkg then removes
last, and removes all of it, before sysvinit with it's last binary and
man page get installed.

I'm closing this bug report.

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Dirk Eddelbuettel                                      edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca
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