Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe, the fact that APT tries to not remove any of your currently > installed packages during an upgrade.
kay, I was under the false impression this worked. > There is not a "standard" to make a package to disappear, but there is > something you can do to ensure that "apt-get upgrade" works: Just make > emacs-goodies-extra-el a dummy (empty) package which depends on > emacs-goodies-el, and make debbugs-el a dummy package which depends on > debian-el. Make them of extra priority and section oldlibs. Remove the > conflicts, so that these packages are actually installed. I'm very glad I asked on this list. Many thanks! (makes me wonder if I should kill the extra package, considering it will live on anyway) Thanks! Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

