Obsolete/local packages after update to slink
After using apt-get to upgrade from hamm to slink via the cheapbytes
cd's, I then ran deselect using the multi-cd access method. I inserted
the #2 binary cd and used update, then repeated with the #1 binary cd,
and then started dselect again with the #2 cd in place. The list of
packages shows many "obsolete/local" packges with no replacements
available. I am sure SOME of these were hamm packages which have no
slink equivelents. I remember one being Infocom, there were also some
'libxxxxx' packages, I think slink has some equivelants with later .so
numbers (but shouldn't dselect been able to upgrade these?). A few
were truly local packages (.rpm's that I ran though alien, Netscape
being one). What should I do about these? I most cases I guess just
continue to use the older packages as long as they still work.
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