Julien Cristau <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:25:57 +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > >> The situation is: texlive-base-bin-doc is from TeX Live 2007, the >> package does not exist any more in TeX Live 2009. The idea is to >> remove old packages (from TL 2007) during dist-upgrade. What is the >> best method to do so? A simple "Replaces" is not sufficient AFAICT. >> > Transitional package for one release, or just let people clean up > manually, AFAIK.
Isn't the way this should be done that texlive-base Conflicts: texlive-base-bin-doc Replaces: texlive-base-bin-doc Provides: texlive-base-bin-doc and then the package should go away smoothly, without any problems during dist-upgrade? Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Debian Developer (TeXLive) VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
