Re: XFree86 hamm -> slink upgrade 'dummy' package
On 15 Jan 1999, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> Simply use the 'xbase' package name as the dummy package, renaming
> what is currently 'xbase' in slink to xfree86-base.
>
> Then, the xbase package will be an Optional package that will not have
> anything but a copyright in it which will Depend on all the packages
> xbase has been split up into.
I have just noticed that this will only solve part of the problem.
In addition to this, additional (also empty and dummy) packages should be
created with the old names (xfntbase, xfnt75, etc.) which depend on the
new ones.
I think there is a complete list of them in the mail from
Robert Woodcock, "Release notes for slink".
Please do not forget these packages, since they will not be upgraded by
default otherwise.
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