Bug#200264: upload of tetex-bin_2.0.2-13 together with tetex-base_2.0.2-7
Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> wrote:
> On 16.04.04 Frank Küster (frank@debian.org) wrote:
>
>> > Future:
>> >
>> > - files from texdoctk are in tetex-bin and tetex-base
>> > - tetex-base declares "Replaces: texdoctk"
>>
>> and: Replaces: tetex-extra (<< 2.0.2-7)
>>
> Replaces or Conflicts?
It's replaces, because it replaces single files from that package (or
rather these versions of the package. I didn't try with Conflicts, but I
think if Replaces is sufficient, we should use this. It leaves dpkg more
options for the order of unpacking.
> Further: tetex-extra still declares a Depend on perl-tk. That should
> be swapped over to tetex-bin and (perhaps) downgraded to an
> Recommend.
Ah, thank you, done.
> Remarks:
> 1.
> tetex-bin (2.0.2-13) unstable; urgency=low
>
> * xdvi now does no longer overwrite the XAPPLRESDIR variable, thanks to
> Stephen Gildea <gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org> (closes: #21558)
> [frank]
>
> I guess you want to close #215588.
Err, yes.
> 2. perhaps we should raise the urgency of both packages to medium.
Good point, I missed this completely.
>
>> Before uploading, I would like to:
>>
>> - test upgrade from woody with texdoctk and tetex-extra installed.
>>
> I've purged the new-tetex-packages from my sarge-chroot, installed
> tetex-full from woody and tried to upgrade.
>
>
> I'm afraid I have to use apt or dselect. texdoctk was installed, but
> not configured.
> Sorry, no further contribution here.
Yes, apt will do it. It will remove tetex-base first ("Dependency
problems: tetex-bin,tetex-extra depend on tetex-base, but removing
anyway as you requested) and will then upgrade tetex-bin, after that
install tetex-base and upgrade libkpathsea3.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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