Mitch Blevins wrote: > How do I handle the case where the upstream author renames a package? > > I have a package, gtksamba. > It is conditionally compiled to produce to binary packages: > gtksamba and gtksamba-gnome. > > Upstream is renaming it to gnosamba, and dropping support for gtk-only. > The original package has never made it into an official release > (potato only). > > Any suggestions as to how to handle?
a) Ignore it b) Add this to your control file: Conflicts: gtksamba Profides: gtksamba Replaces: gtksamba If you use the same config file it will be preserved by dpkg, if not, save it in the preinst script. > My initial thought is to treat it as a new package, then orphan and > remove the two older packages. No, that's sick. Regards, Joey -- Never trust an operating system you don't have source for! Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.