Quoting Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I created a Packages.gz file to test the upgrade to these and added an
> entry to it to sources.list.  Here's what happens:
> 
> # apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Calculating Upgrade... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
>   dpkg-dev-el emacs-goodies-el libsmpeg0 printtool rwho 
> The following packages will be upgraded
>   devscripts-el gnus-bonus-el 
> 
> So it's holding back the two affected packages.  However, installing
> them explicitely works:

...

> 
> Am I missing something?

I think Provides: doesn't act like Package: so APT doesn't understand
that emacs-goodies-extra-el has to be replaced by emacs-goodies-el.

Such a situation may change with (upcoming?) versioned provides. 

-- 
Jérôme Marant


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