Re: RFC: Virtual Package Name List (was bug #10676)

1997-06-19 Thread Mark Eichin
I was under the impression that xcompat is needed to run non-Debian binaries that were compiled against old libs. I believe that may be true That is possible (xcompat is an a.out library.) I haven't heard direct reports of such (and xcompat is still dead -- there were never real sources

Re: RFC: Virtual Package Name List (was bug #10676)

1997-06-19 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On 18 Jun 1997, Mark Eichin wrote: xcompat is dead (ie. it dates from when those were valid... since no current packages need those virtual names, xcompat isn't needed either.) I was under the impression that xcompat is needed to run non-Debian binaries that were compiled against old libs. I

Re: RFC: Virtual Package Name List (was bug #10676)

1997-06-19 Thread Thomas Koenig
Mark Eichin wrote: xcompat is dead (ie. it dates from when those were valid... since no current packages need those virtual names, xcompat isn't needed either.) I need xcompat to run Maple VR3. -- Thomas Koenig, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] The joy of engineering is to find a straight

RFC: Virtual Package Name List (was bug #10676)

1997-06-18 Thread Christian Schwarz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi folks! On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Igor Grobman wrote (cf. bug #10676): Package: debian-policy Version: 2.1.3.3 X11R6 virtual package is not marked obsolete in virtual packages list. I got bitten by this one when packaging dotfile generator. I suspect

Re: Bug#10676: RFC: Virtual Package Name List (was bug #10676)

1997-06-18 Thread Mark Baker
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Christian Schwarz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is a virtual package imap-client which is suggested by imap-4 (Suggests: pine | imap-client) but no package seems to provide it. Thus, I suggest to remove this entry, too: imap-client Any