Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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)
Are we allowed to kill dummy packages after one stable release? If it were created now, I could simply remove it after sarge's release? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
