On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:42:11 +0200, sean finney wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 11:37:41AM +0200, David Paleino wrote: > > I just wanted to (try to) fix it for the biggest number of people possible. > > Maybe I'll just leave stable as-is, and try the solution I described within > > testing/unstable :/ > > Another option, as awful as it sounds, is to nuke (or surgically modify) > the postrm script of the old package from the preinst of the new package. > You would need to support that until the current stable was rotated out > through oldstable. Yes, awful. But I've seen it done before... I didn't think to that, and it seems the only solution to ensure clean upgrade paths. I'll use the 'old-version' parameter passed to preinst on upgrade, and check if it's less than the current version in sid. Will someone kick me hard if I go this way? :) -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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