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Re: Slink -> Potato upgrade report



On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 12:28:45PM +1100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> It's because the packages changed names from slink to potato.
> 
> fvwm  => fvwm1
> fvwm2 => fvwm
> 
> I've just noticed the last apt-get upgrade trashed my fvwm config
> without
> leaning a backup. *sigh*. I'll try to track this down.

I don't really understand why fvwm is such a special case -- for most
programs, the next version is an upgrade of the package, not a separate
package. Yes you got auto-upgraded to fvwm 2, but you want to be
upgraded to the latest dpkg and libc6 right, so why not fvwm?

Hamish
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