I see a problem with all this talk about pseudo packages for upgrades from hamm.
These 'pkgs' will have to remain in the system forever. If someone skips slink, and goes to potato when that is released, the same problem will occur. If we ever fix dpkg/dselect/apt to handle a pkg rename, and we can guarantee that an old dpkg/dselect/apt will install the new dpkg/dselect/apt, then we will be able to remove the pseudo names. But currently, I don't see how this is possible. Adam ps: When is Jason Gunthorpe going to rewrite dpkg? :)