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Re: Is there an OBSOLETES tag for .debs?



On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:02:22AM -0600, The Doctor What wrote:
> Is there an tag (like suggests, conflicts, etc.) that obsoletes a
> package?  I mean, for example, if I had a package foo and it was
> broken into two versions: foo and foo-extra-feature
> And then assume that foo supported extra-feature natively and
> didn't need the separate package (it's now a run-time option).
> 
> How can I cause anyone with foo-extra-feature to "upgrade" to foo?
> 
newer foo packages can "Provides: foo-extra-feature" and "Conflicts:
foo-extra-feature". this works if no newer version of foo-extra-feature
will be uploaded.

older foo-extra-feature will be removed on newer foo installation.

anyway, this is question for debian-devel@l.d.o  :)

> Thanks!
> 
> Ciao!
> 
ciao :)



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