On 19-Feb-99 Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused. > > First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following: > xfntbase -> xfonts-base > xfnt75 -> xfonts-75dpi > xfnt100 -> xfonts-100dpi > xfntscl -> xfonts-scalable > xfntbig -> xfonts-cjk > xfntcyr -> xfonts-cyrillic > xfntpex -> xfonts-pex > xslib -> xlib6-static > xslibg -> xlib6g-static > > > But, after upgrading to slink, dpkg --list is still showing with > the old names. Should I manually install the new packages and remove the > old packages?? Will apt-get install xfonts-base automatically remove the > package with the old name xfntbase?? >
dpkg has no idea that the old packages are worthless. You can remove them. We are working on a solution to this. > Is it safe for me to remove the package xbase in slink?? > > ii xbase 3.3.2.3a-10 XFree86 upgrade convenience package > > xbase is also safe.
