Re: the Great X Reorganization, package splits, and renaming

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> (
> 	until dpkg --remove xfntwhatever; do
> 		sleep 120
> 	done >/var/tmp/removexfntwhatever.log 2>&1 &
> )

OK.

We have three solutions suggested now:

a) dummy packages (and live with them)

b) dummy packages, which self-remove

c) packages with the old names, which tinker with dpkg/dselect's databases
so it looks like the new packages are installed instead (which is true,
since they have the same contents).

I suggest the X maintainer choose one.

Jules

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