Re: cleanly getting rid of manually installed transitional packages due to rename
On 2020-04-22 12:39:35 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> You might want to file a wishlist bug against 'apt' to request such a
> feature (if not requested already). A reliable implementation probably
> requires a new package field, something like:
>
> Package: foo
> Superseded-By: bar
Indeed, that would be a solution. Before posting, I initially searched
on the web for anything related, but I could not find. With a specific
search in the Debian BTS, I could now find such a wishlist in dpkg:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=33344
Add new field to track package rename/split/merge
filled in 1999! It has 2 merged bugs, also very old.
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