Re: RFC: Upstream author renamed his software
> > > I did this in a much more roundabout way (as described in my other message
> > > in this thread.) for some reason but right now in my sleep-addled state, I
> > > can't remember why.
> >
> > Conflicts/Replaces/Provides doesn't make packages upgrade automatically
> > with "apt-get dist-upgrade".
> >
> No? And how this can be handled then? I thought this sould make the
> trick, but forgot to test it on apt-get dist-upgrade
Users who want to install iiwusynth package Provided by another
package may receive a message telling the new package name,
but apt-get dist-upgrade will not install the new package
automatically. (or I think it is still the case)
That is probably why Jaldhar did it in the long-winded way of
providing a migrational empty package which only depends on the
new package.
regards,
junichi
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