Re: timezone -> timezones (why?)
Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> > Not every user will use autoup.sh.
> > I, for one, will use pkg-order.
>
> There is a clearly defined path to an upgrade. If you choose to deviate
> from that path, it is your responsibility to know what you are doing.
I doubt that autoup is the official path. For the last two years we
taught our users that dselect is the official upgrade tool.
> > The solution of keeping the name untouched is cleaner, because an empty
> > package (timezone) removed but not purged is a potential risk.
> >
> This is a problem for any package that changes its name. The fault is with
> the way dpkg handles that transfer,
So dpkg has to be fixed. We should encourage people to work on this
issue.
In general: everything done by autoup should be implemented using
dpkg/dselect facilities. For the timezone case this seems to be
possible, I'm not sure about other cases.
If this requires dpkg changes the relevant packages have to pre-depend
on the appropriate dpkg version.
Sven
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