Re: Do I need specific binary package relationships in this case ?
Hello Ghislain:
On 15/01/15 18:27, Ghislain Vaillant wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am currently packaging an update of libnfft. The new version brings
> along support for multi-precision, which means more binaries can be
> created and a transition should be occuring between the old and new
> package layout.
>
> Version 3.2 is currently in the archive and provides:
> - libnfft3-1 -- double precision version
> - libnfft3-dev -- headers and dev stuff
>
> Version 3.3, which also got a sodump, now builds:
> - libnfft3-double2 -- double precision version
> - libnfft3-single2 -- single precision version
> - libnfft3-long2 -- long double precision version
> - libnfft3-dev -- headers and dev stuff
> - libnfft3-2 -- transitional package, should probably install single,
> double and long versions
>
> Do I need to provide any specific breaks / replaces relationship between
> the packages to make sure the upgrade path is properly covered ?
>
When I faced this same situation in the past, I found really useful the
following documentation pages:
- https://wiki.debian.org/PackageTransition
- https://wiki.debian.org/Renaming_a_Package
Hope it helps. Kind Regards.
--
Jose Luis Rivero <jrivero@osrfoundation.org>
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