Bug#484585: libpostproc51: Can't upgrade from Etch to unstable

Reinhard Tartler siretart at tauware.de
Thu Jun 5 12:54:32 UTC 2008


Christian Marillat <marillat at debian.org> writes:
> This is already fixed in my package. Each new name packages (without
> cvs in package name) conflicts/replaces the old packages name (with
> cvs in package name). Example with libavcodec51 :
>
> ,----
> | $ apt-cache show libavcodec51
> | Package: libavcodec51
> | Priority: optional
> | Section: libs
> | Installed-Size: 3952
> | Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat at debian.org>
> | Architecture: i386
> | Source: ffmpegcvs
> | Version: 3:20080531-0.1
> | Replaces: libavcodeccvs51
> | 
> | Conflicts: libavcodeccvs51
> `----

I see. Well, this means that we could probably do the same in the debian
package then.

May I ask you why you decided to go away from the naming
'libavcodeccvs51' to 'libavcodec51'? Having your package names introduce
'cvs' was a good indication that the package originated from you in
bugreports.

-- 
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4





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