Re: replacing packages
James LewisMoss writes:
> OK so now the problem with disappearing packages has appeared. Is there
> any way to make the xemacs20 packages replace the xemacs19 packages in
> dselect (or whatever) so that the user doesn't have to think about it?
I proposed a solution a while back on debian-devel that was generally
conceded to be workable, but was found somehow distasteful. If you can't
find it in the archives I'll try to regenerate it. I think that this
problem is going to bite us hard when large numbers of users start
upgrading, but no one seems to share that concern.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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