On 08/04/2010 14:33, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Hm, making git-core a dummy/transitional package, which pulls the "git" >> package >> on upgrades sounds like a better idea to me. >> Otherwise git won't be updated when going from lenny to squeeze. > > Gerrit Pape implemented what I think is a nicer method: git-core is a > disappearing transitional package. On upgrades, it pulls in git and > then disappears (since git takes over all its files). It is a super > neat trick, due to Daniel Kobras, I think [1]. > > Just one problem: APT does not support that at the moment. Oops.
I'm not sure that this solution solves the problem of 'auto' and 'manual' installed packages. > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg00014.html > http://wiki.debian.org/Renaming_a_Package Regards Vincent -- Vincent Danjean GPG key ID 0x9D025E87 vdanj...@debian.org GPG key fingerprint: FC95 08A6 854D DB48 4B9A 8A94 0BF7 7867 9D02 5E87 Unofficial packages: http://moais.imag.fr/membres/vincent.danjean/deb.html APT repo: deb http://perso.debian.org/~vdanjean/debian unstable main -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bbed749.6080...@free.fr
