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Re: renaming a package



On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> I intend to rename the glut packages from
>  glutg3
>  glutg3-dev
> to
>  libglut3
>  libglut-dev
> to follow the convention for library package naming.
> 
> So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces
> glutg3 for versions <= 3.7-15, and created a glutg3 package with no content,

I am not sure but isn't it better to use 'Provides: glutg3' instead of
providing a package glutg3 with no content.

Christophe 

> that depends on libglut3.  I've done similar for glutg3-dev and libglut-dev.
> 
> Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about this plan?  Does it suck,
> is there a better way to do it and still provide a smooth upgrade, so
> developers depending on the glut libraries aren't shafted?
> 
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