On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:43:11PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:26:12PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:10:08PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > > It depends whether you want to keep smooth upgraded between the old > > > package and the new package. > > > If you want it smooth, you have to provide a dummy package depending > > > on the new package. Otherwise, create a new one and ask for the > > > removal of the old one. However, users might not understand what's > > > happening on their system. > > > > I really want a smoooooooooth upgrade, so smooth that I'm really tempted > > to wait for woody release before changing the name of libraries package > > I maintain. > > Si, unless versioned provides are implemented in both dpkg and APT, you'll > need dummy packages.
No need for versioned provides, simply use versioned conflicts, which work and do what is wanted ... (see my previous post). Friendly, Sven Luther
