Re: XFree86 hamm -> slink upgrade 'dummy' package
Ben Gertzfield writes:
> The best proposal we have been able to come up with so far is to create
> an xfree86-hamm-upgrade 'dummy' package that xbase Depends: upon. This
> dummy package would Depend: on all the new packages that xbase used to
> provide, so that the upgrade from hamm would go well.
> In potato, this dummy package will be Provided:, Replaced:, and
> Conflicted: with potato's xbase.
> Does this make sense to everyone?
It makes as much sense now as it did when I suggested it months ago.
> Is it the best way to handle the messy upgrade from hamm to slink?
I can think of no better way to automatically handle splits with existing
tools.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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