On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:26:59PM -0500, Koen van der Drift wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A package I maintain BuildDepends on freetype-default, but this is now  
> tagged as obsolete. The info file doesn't mention what to use instead,  
> what package should I use now?

Assuming whoever writes an obsolete package did things correctly, the
Depends: field lists the modern replacement package(s) and (if
necessary) their minimum versions to use instead. There's a feature
request on my TODO to put that data automatically in 'fink info'
output.

dan

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