Hi, I was planning to take over xpm package (since Michael Dorman offered it), convert it to debhelper, and rename binary packages to the usual names.
Okay, I managed to do everything in one afternoon :) and after I started to hate some of the debhelper utilites because of their enormous stupidity :), the package built successfully. Since the contents wasn't changed (everything is exactly the same), I supposed it'll work as a drop-in replacement for the old packages. Of course, it did not. :( Here are the relevant fields from my libxpm4 package: Conflicts: xpm4.7 (<= 3.4j-0), xpm4 (<= 3.4j-0), xpm4g Replaces: xpm4g Provides: xpm4g The two additional conflicts are leftovers, and I see no way they could hurt. I had a brief look at xlib6-static vs. xslib6, and there it was done the same, just without Provides: entry. Here's what dpkg says: joy:/usr/src/xpm# dpkg -i libxpm4_3.4j-1_i386.deb dpkg: considering removing xpm4g in favour of libxpm4 ... dpkg: no, cannot remove xpm4g (--auto-deconfigure will help): wmaker depends on xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0) xpm4g is to be removed. dpkg: regarding libxpm4_3.4j-1_i386.deb containing libxpm4: libxpm4 conflicts with xpm4g xpm4g (version 3.4j-0.6) is installed. dpkg: error processing libxpm4_3.4j-1_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libxpm4 Errors were encountered while processing: libxpm4_3.4j-1_i386.deb Of course, uploading that didn't even cross my mind (maybe to experimental). Especially because about hundred packages depend on the old xpm4g :) In the meantime, the packages are at http://master.debian.org/~joy/. If there is a fix, please tell me. If not, this is another cry for help WRT dpkg :( -- enJoy -*/\*- http://jagor.srce.hr/~jrodin/
