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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 there
> are some more unmarked virtual packages there, because only one package is
> marked obsolete.
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out! I had just had a look at the complete
list and discovered lots of obsolete virtual packages. Thus, I want to
revise the whole list now.
Is it true, that the following virtual packages MAY NOT be used anymore?
X11R5 XFree86 R5, including base system (obsolete)
xR5shlib XFree86 R5 shared library only
X11R6 XFree86 R6, including base system
xR6shlib XFree86 R6 shared library only
xlibraries XFree86 R6 shared library or stub library
These packages are not being used currently. I suggest to remove this from
the list:
compress Anything that provides a true BSD compress command
sgmls An SGML parser which produces output compatible
with James Clark's sgmls and nsgmls parsers
There are now a packages called "emacs" and "inews". Thus, I suggest to
remove these entries:
emacs Anything that provides the emacs editor
inews /usr/bin/inews - local or remote news poster
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 mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
I'd also like to remove the following, IMHO obsolete section:
Names of superseded packages Provided by the current ones:
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gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both Provided by Ghostscript (gs). Use gs.
xpmR6 Provided by xpm. Use xpm.
So here is how the whole list would look like:
X Windows:
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xserver Any X server (used by other X packages)
Miscellaneous:
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libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x.
info-browser Something that can browser GNU Info files
kernel-source Kernel source code
kernel-headers Kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
kernel-image Kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
httpd Any HTTP server
postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files
postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output
www-browser Something that can browse html files
awk Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk}
c-shell Anything providing a suitable /usr/bin/csh
pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files
pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output
wordlist Anything that provides /usr/dict/words
dotfile-module Anything that provides a module for the
Dotfile Generator
ups-monitor Anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
tcl-interpreter Anything that provides /usr/bin/tclsh
tk-interpreter Anything that provides /usr/bin/wish
News and Mail:
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mail-transport-agent Mail transport agents (Smail, Sendmail, &c)
mail-reader Mail user agents (Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
news-transport-system Local news system (INN, C News or B News)
news-reader Any news reader (trn, tin, &c)
pgp A version of PGP (International or US)
imap-server Any IMAP mail server
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The following packages seem to be wrong:
ucbmpeg_play (2.3_patched-2) Recommends: X11R6
ucbmpeg (1r2-2) Recommends: X11R6
And what about "xcompat"?
Package: xcompat
Provides: X11R5, xr5shlib, aout-x11r6lib, X11R6
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Please tell me what you think of it. If there are no objections, these
changes will be incorporated into the next release of the Policy Manual.
Thanks,
Chris
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