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Re: [RFC] 1.7 Packaging: Obsolete packages
- From: "Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:21:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: [RFC] 1.7 Packaging: Obsolete packages
- References: <48880879.5050400@users.sourceforge.net> <20080724094313.GG5251@calimero.vinschen.de> <488913D9.8070809@users.sourceforge.net> <20080725094034.GR5251@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080730121815.GM29031@calimero.vinschen.de>
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> What if we add an "obsoletes:" line to setup.{ini,hint}?
>
> The idea is that you don't have to provide empty replacement packages
> for the old packages anymore, and setup removes all packages noted in
> the "obsoletes:" line before installing the new package, in the same
> step as when replaing old versions of the same package.
>
> Would that work? Wouldn't that ease the transition to new package
> schemes a lot?
Any progress yet on this one?
Yaakov
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