Bug#80573: should replace grafix
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 08:41:41AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> > Package: grafix-dev
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > or maybe conflict. dunno. anyway. here's log.
>
> [Summary for people on -qa:
> old package: grafix
> new packages: grafix1 (Replaces: grafix)
> grafix-dev (Depends: grafix1)
> ]
grafix1 should Conflicts+Replaces grafix, and grafix-dev should Conflicts
grafix.
> Let's say I have grafix installed and run an apt-get dist-upgrade.
> IMHO it should upgrade grafix to grafix1, but I could not get it
> to work with several mixes of Conflicts, Replaces and Provides.
Yes, it's not possible. APT can only make an educated guess...
> Perhaps we need an updated (and empty) binary grafix that depends
> on grafix1? How long would we keep that binary around?
That's right. But that's an ugly workaround for a feature that's missing in
the packaging system. I'd rather not do it...
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