Re: [Fink-devel] xfree86 4.3 pre-release package

[Max Horn]

[...]

Ben: I figured that the versioned dependency on xfree86-base |
xfree86-base-threaded would be temporary, perhaps just for the first
revision, in order to allow people to upgrade.

I see the logic behind it, but IMHO the costs do not warrant it, so i agree with Ben, this should be removed again for now.

 I believe it is the only
way to avoid telling people to "sudo dpkg -r --force-depends",

I agree with you, I see no way for a smooth update. Ben, this was actually discussed here, several times, over a year ago (but both Jeff and I discussed it briefly here recently, too), when both Jeff and I tried to do it.

Maybe there is a way, but neither Jeff nor I were able to find it.

 which in my
opinion, is even more silly than telling them to install xfree86 twice.

Well, I don't exactly agree. I prefer doing a --force depends to having to wait horus and hours. ANd if you have to download the source via a modem, it makes a difference if you have to get 40 or 80 MB (or how big the XFree86 source is nowadays).

Especially if there are binary packages available.  The --force-depends is
necessary - we've had that discussion in the past when the -threaded
package was introduced.  Ben Reed has reported a problem with apt - that
can be fixed by removing the "Provides:  xfree86-base-threaded" and
modifying all packages that require xfree86-base-threaded to have an " |
xfree86 " in their Depends.  I'll do that tommorow if people think this is
a workable solution.  If the consensus is that it's too much of any "ugly
hack" and an "abuse of the fink system", I'll just pull it right now in
favor of the --force-remove "solution".

I would say, pull it for now no matter what. We can always readd it later, but it should be investigated first.



Cheers,

Max


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