Hi. * Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> [2011-05-03 14:50:07 CEST]: > Gerfried Fuchs <[email protected]> (02/05/2011): > > Would it be possible to have a Provides, Replaces, Conflicts added to > > xserver-xorg in unstable on xserver-xorg-dev-helper, and have this > > versioned 2:1.9.5-1~bpo60+1? I guess that should make upgrade possible > > in the end. > > ACK, whatever suits you best for the versioning.
Thanks, some people like to rely on being able to tell from the version of a package whether it is from backports or not (how flawed that assumption might be or not be is nothing I want to discuss here). I know this is a special package that will exist only in squeeze-backports and nowhere else, including a future wheezy-backports, but this is a consistency that I'd like to keep here. > As for the P/R/C for sid's xserver-xorg-dev, I guess I can add that > whenever I upload a new revision to sid, but that wouldn't solve any > real issue IMHO; the only use for xserver-xorg-dev-helper would be in > squeeze-backports chroots, be it on buildds or development machines > (for people preparing backports). And having the conflicts the other > way round already makes sure nobody tries to have both installed at > the same time. Maybe that would be good enough? The other way round makes no sense to me to be honest, maybe I wasn't clear with what I meant. Situation is this: You create a new package for backports, named xserver-xorg-dev-helper, which contains scripts that live in unstable in the package xserver-xorg-dev. Is this right so far? So the P/R/C in xserver-xorg-dev in unstable will then replace the xserver-xorg-dev-helper package on upgrade, and given that it takes over all its files, will make it get removed from the dpkg database. I would assume that the scripts within the xserver-xorg-dev-helper package do not only have a use for backports but also for wheezy/sid, otherwise I would be puzzled about their inclusion in a package therein? Are they really scripts only for the purpose of backports? If so, why are they included then in wheezy/sid? Thanks for your answer in advance, Rhonda -- Fühlst du dich mutlos, fass endlich Mut, los | Fühlst du dich hilflos, geh raus und hilf, los | Wir sind Helden Fühlst du dich machtlos, geh raus und mach, los | 23.55: Alles auf Anfang Fühlst du dich haltlos, such Halt und lass los | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
