On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 3:26 AM Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 10:51 AM Sérgio Basto wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > These removed python2 packages are breaking upgrade path
> >
> > 1- when you remove python2-foo , you should add to main package
> > Obsoletes: python2-foo
>
> If I may suggest, *absolutely not*. "Obsoletes: python2-foo"
> specifically means that it includes and provides "python2-foo"
> functionality, and "python3-foo" packages *do not* provide this. There
> are a very few tools that put things in "/usr/bin" for typical use,
> such as the "rpm" package itself which might benefit from such
> options. But I think it's quite dangerous to replace them willy-nilly
> due to compatibility for old packages which would have their
> requirements replaced with something quite incompatible without
> notification.
>
I think you misunderstand here. Obsoletes does not specifically
indicate it is equivalent. It is saying that you're replacing it. You
will still get a broken dep chain if something Requires something that
was obsoleted.
It is absolutely the correct strategy to do Obsoletes (without Provides) here.
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