Re: Fwd: apt-get: What will get removed?

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

rick@niof.net (Rick Pasotto) wrote:
>There are several packages in 'testing' that I'd like to upgrade to.
>When I run 'apt-get -s install' on them the results include this line
>(reformated):
>
>Remv xpm4g [pixmap communicator-smotif-475 gnucash mctools-lite
>     xscreensaver-gl xbill xboard nighthawk xmcpustate plan
>     gnome-control-center xscreensaver gimp1.1 wmaker xsoldier xboing
>     transfig libgtkxmhtml1 gnome-utils xevil xacc wine xfig xmgr
>     xbanner fvwm-common fvwm nethack libwraster1 gnome-help xosview
>     gnome-iconedit xoids ] 
>
>Does this mean my netscape and gnucash and xfig will go away?

Yes. xpm4g has been replaced by the xlibs package, which is part of
XFree86 4; you'll need to install that and upgrade the packages above to
versions that depend on it in order to make a smooth transition.

This is likely to mean upgrading to testing wholesale, which you may not
want to do; woody is sufficiently far away from potato now that it's not
easy to mix the two, although it can be done in some limited cases. You
might find it easier to add deb-src lines for testing and use 'apt-get
-b source <package>' to compile the packages you want from source,
although here you'll have to pay attention to the build-dependencies
(what's required to compile the package from source). The new apt
package lets you use 'apt-get build-dep <package>' to automate this.

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]