Re: obsolete packages (from stable)
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 10:00:28AM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was trying aptitude for the first time, and noticed I had a lot of
> Obsolete packages (as distinct from locally installed).
>
> I was wondering about this, so started investigating in more detail.
>
> It seems that there are two main categories:
>
> 1. Packages that have been renamed or split, but no automatic upgrade
> in place, and I wasn't previously aware of the change. This includes:
>
> lvm --> lvm10 (hmmm... perhaps thats why I couldn't get it to work...)
> libsasl-modules --> libsasl-*
> xacc --> gnucash
>
> 2. Packages which are obsolete. This includes:
>
> task-* (not very important as these contain no code)
>
> old libraries (on my system some packages still depend on these, probably
> because my system is about 1 to 2 weeks old though)
> argus-client
Upstream has split the server package from the client package.
These changes are reflected in the packaging of argus; I created a new
source package, argus-client. It is already in incoming, so it's just a
matter of days until the problem is rectified.
Regards, Yotam Rubin
>
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