severity 596862 minor thanks On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:15:19 +0200 Luca Capello wrote:
> Package: xpdf > Version: 3.02-10 > Severity: important > > Hi there! > > I guess there is something wrong with the transition from > xpdf-[common|reader|utils] to xpdf. Indeed, both xpdf-reader and > xpdf-utils have an appropriate dummy transitional package, while > xpdf-common does not. Or, better, it had it, but then it was removed > when trying to solve #589425. that bug wanted the xpdf-common transitional package removed, which is why its gone now. > A lenny user who installed the xpdf-reader package and *not* the old > xpdf metapackage will still have the xpdf-common package installed, even > after the upgrade to the new (and real) xpdf package. why is this a problem? "apt-get autoremove", which is suggested in apt's output will take care of removing it. > Second, the xpdf-common package is left installed and it is not > automatically removed, which means that the other configuration files in > /etc/xpdf (xpdfrc-arabic, xpdfrc-cyrillic, xpdfrc-greek, xpdfrc-hebrew, > xpdfrc-latin2, xpdfrc-thai and xpdfrc-turkish) are left installed as > well, with the user noticing nothing about that. the presence of these files presents no problems that i'm aware of. > The correct solution is to also provide a transitional xpdf-common > package, please do that. i don't really see the problem. what's the difference between a transitional package that's in the autoremove list vs. the old package in the autoremove list? both get taken care of with apt's autoremove feature. mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
