On 2013-09-04, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > Unless apt has gotten smarter recently (which is not out of the question), > no. It's a common misconception that apt will care about Provides/Replaces > for selecting new packages on dist-upgrade, but while it seems like a nice > idea, TTBOMK it's never been implemented.
Over in RPM land, I think they have a Obsoletes relation for a 'you should consider this package a successor to <other> package' I have missed such a thing from time to time. /Sune -- 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/slrnl2f0p4.hsi.nos...@sshway.ssh.pusling.com
