Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
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Thus, my original question regarding the phasing out of a package
remains partly answered. Where can I learn more about what happens to a
package when it is no longer part of the distro? Again, using the
All versions of all package descriptions are kept on the cvs server. You
can see their history there, and you can also download older versions if
you need them.
example of libofx, what, for instance, makes package management software
so confident that I don't need this package for my own purposes that it
assumes the validitiy of its decision to remove the package from my
configuration? A pointer to where I can read more would be great.
Check out http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/index.php
In the case of libofx / libofx1 the packages are specifically tagged
as BuildDependsOnly, meaning that they aren't required at runtime, and
nothing should declare a runtime dependency on them.
The package management software is "confident" that libofx can be
removed because the the human package maintainer is confident that it
can be removed and has set things up accordingly. This process is of
course not infallible as you have already found out.
Concerning the use of libofx for your own purposes: If you have your own
*.info file with a builddependency on libofx, you are indeed left behind
when the update happens and this package disappears. But then you can
always get the old version back from the cvs server. If it's not for an
*.info file, but for some other software project, then the idea is that
the upgrade to a newer version should normally be beneficial to you, too.
--
Martin
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