On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:48:46AM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Hi! > > Christoph Berg wrote: > > > Re: Nelson A. de Oliveira in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> I am planning to rename the source package to "biofox" only, > >> instead mozilla-firefox-biofox. > > > > > > Why? The user won't see the source package name change. It's only > > extra hassle for you and the ftp-masters. If you really want, rename > > the binary package only. > > > > NB, how does upstream call the package/program/tarball? > > Upstream names it "biofox" only. > Yes, I know. I've made a mistake using the same name on the binary and > on the source package :-( > That happened because biofox, as the name says, was only to Firefox. > Upstream author changed this now and made it available also to Mozilla. > I want to correct my mistake now to avoid bigger problems later. > > What I am thinking is: > > Source package: biofox > Binary package: biofox (that can be used both on Firefox and on Mozilla > Suite) > Binary package: mozilla-firefox-biofox (transitional dummy package > depending on "biofox", so users will upgrade to the new biofox). > > Doubt: > Does biofox (the binary package) must use Conflicts, Provides and/or > Replaces? I think it needs replaces, since it will contain files which used to be in binary package mozilla-firefox-biofox. If biofox is unpacked before m-f-b is unpacked, there will be a problem (and you don't want to have to invent a strange way of guaranteeing some certain order).
It shouldn't use Conflicts, because if it conflicted with m-f-b, then m-f-b would be uninstallable (no consistent way to have it installed). It shouldn't need Provides, because your transition scheme works. (Users which presently have m-f-b installed will end up with biofox installed.) Please be sure to change the long description of m-f-b to include the word "transitional" such that some tools will pick up on it. (And remember to remove it post-etch, I guess). It doesn't need conflicts+provides+replaces, because that is a special-case combination which dpkg interprets as "this binary package is the new name of some old binary package" (right?). -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
