Re: package removal
Hi,
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 11:28:18AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > with the testing dist-upgrade I did last week, some packages were removed.
> > Usually I trust apt and Debian not to remove application packages, but
> > this time it removed xv.
>
> Don't ever, ever run dist-upgrade without looking over the list of
> removed packages. Ever.
>
> I believe that the next version of xfree86 will no longer force the
> removal of certain old packages.
>
> > Now I can't find this package in the Debian tree anymore, neither did apt
> > give me a reason why this package has been obsoleted or came with an
> > alternative.
>
> apt-get never gives you much in the way of reasoning, which is why I
> advise not using it for big upgrades.
>
> > Ideas where to find information why packages are obsoleted and removed
> > from the tree?
>
> http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt
>
> =========================================================================
> [Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:39:32 -0400] [ftpmaster: James Troup]
> Removed the following packages from unstable:
>
> xv | 3.10a-24 | powerpc
> xv | 3.10a-25 | arm, m68k
> xv | 3.10a-26 | source, alpha, i386, sparc
> xv-doc | 3.10a-26 | all
> Closed bugs: 98215
>
> ------------------- Reason -------------------
> ROM; no permission to modify and redistribute.
> ----------------------------------------------
> =========================================================================
>
ah, that clears things up.
Thanks,
Sebas
> Cheers,
>
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> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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