Re: Correct way to rename a binary package
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>
>>> I'll proceed in the following way for debian/control: rename
>>> cl-hunchentoot to hunchentoot and then create the transitional binary
>>> package cl-hunchentoot which depends on hunchentoot.
>>>
>>> Is this OK? Do I need something else?
>>
>> in the binary section of hunchentoot, I think you have to add
>>
>> Replaces: cl-hunchentoot
>> Conflicts: cl-hunchentoot
>
> If you want to provide a transitional binary package cl-hunchentoot
> which depends on hunchentoot you can't use this conflicts.
That's why we use versioned Conflicts on the version that are non-empty.
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