Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Packages file at > http://people.debian.org/~flight/python/snapshot/Packages.gz > contains the first of several trials I made, but to no avail.
> I also tried to make idle-python1.5 "Replace: idle", and/or to "Provide: > idle", but to no avail: The reason is that we are missing versioned Provides and this can be a good reason why it does not upgrade. Since it does not know the version of the provides, it won't do anything. So, APT will not make idle-python1.5 replace idle unless you explicitly install idle-python1.5. Some day, we will be able to do: Package: python1.5 Replaces: python-base (<= 1.5.2-17) Conflicts: python-base (<= 1.5.2-17) Provides: python-base (= 1.5.2-18) So we won't need dummy packages anymore, and APT will be able to upgrade smoothly. > I don't want to make another empty transitional package "idle" if it's > not necessary. Certainly providing such an package would resolve that > problem, but that's ugly. I think we don't have the choice here. I hope this helps. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
