Re: Confused with the X packages in slink

[Branden Robinson]

On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 06:42:45PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>   I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused.
> 
>   First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following:
> xfntbase->xfonts-base
> xfnt75  ->xfonts-75dpi
> xfnt100 ->xfonts-100dpi
> xfntscl ->xfonts-scalable
> xfntbig ->xfonts-cjk
> xfntcyr ->xfonts-cyrillic
> xfntpex ->xfonts-pex
> xslib   ->xlib6-static
> xslibg  ->xlib6g-static

Yes, that looks like the list from /usr/doc/xfree86-common/README.Debian.

>   But, after upgrading to slink, dpkg --list is still showing with
> the old names. Should I manually install the new packages and remove the
> old packages??

apt-get install 

should do the trick.

> Will apt-get install xfonts-base automatically remove the
> package with the old name xfntbase??

Yes.

>   Is it safe for me to remove the package xbase in slink??

Yes.  Read xbase's extended description (or /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian).

>   What other packages are there that I should remove??

That's all.

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RE: Confused with the X packages in slink

[Shaleh]

On 19-Feb-99 Shao Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>   I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused.
> 
>   First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following:
> xfntbase->xfonts-base
> xfnt75  ->xfonts-75dpi
> xfnt100 ->xfonts-100dpi
> xfntscl ->xfonts-scalable
> xfntbig ->xfonts-cjk
> xfntcyr ->xfonts-cyrillic
> xfntpex ->xfonts-pex
> xslib   ->xlib6-static
> xslibg  ->xlib6g-static
> 
> 
>   But, after upgrading to slink, dpkg --list is still showing with
> the old names. Should I manually install the new packages and remove the
> old packages?? Will apt-get install xfonts-base automatically remove the
> package with the old name xfntbase??
> 

dpkg has no idea that the old packages are worthless.  You can remove them.  We
are working on a solution to this.

>   Is it safe for me to remove the package xbase in slink??
> 
> ii  xbase   3.3.2.3a-10XFree86 upgrade convenience package
> 
> 

xbase is also safe.