On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Jules Bean wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > > About the xfonts problem. I haven't been following close enough to > > > > pardon > > > > my ignorance on the subject. What if we make the pseudo xbase package > > > > conflict with xfnt* packages < version x (a versioned conflict)? How > > > > will > > > > dselect handle this, will it upgrade the fonts to the new name? > > > > > > No, this would just make dselect to remove the old package. > > > > This doesn't change the current debate, but it occurs to me that a > > versioned provides would solve the renaming problem. > > AFAIK, there is no such thing as "versioned provides".
Dpkg doesn't support them, no. I'm sure you knew what I meant as an abstract concept, though ;) It has been often discussed to implement them. I am merely observing (unhelpfully) that they would solve this problem too. J /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
