Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BTW, is there a particular reason that e2fsprogs got renamed to > > e2fsprogsg? This seems to be the biggest chance to completely > > screw over someone's system in all of Debian now. > > Yes: e2fsprogs used to contain shared libs, on which dump and quota > depend. Thus, e2fsprogs was assumed to be a package with libc5 libs, > and I could not keep the name, without breaking dump and quota on a > hamm upgrade.
Uhh, why not just conflict with suitable versions of dump and quota? Changing the name is an absolutely *stunningly* bad idea IMHO. This really should have been discussed before you implemented it (apart from anything else you've made a new package essential so discussion is required by policy). -- James -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
