[DRE-maint] Bug#498700: Bug#498700: Missing upgrade path from libdb4.2-ruby1.8 to libdb-ruby1.8

[Michael Schutte]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 01:19:58PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Package: libdb-ruby1.8
> Version: 0.6.5-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Causes unclean upgrades
> 
> I have dhelp installed on a Lenny system, which depends on
> libdb4.2-ruby1.8. After upgrading the system at some point I was left
> with libdb4.2-ruby1.8 still installed as "obsolete package".
> 
> At first I thought this was some temporary inconsistency in testing, but
> I now find that libdb4.2-ruby1.8 has been renamed to libdb-ruby1.8,
> which provides the old package.
> 
> However, it seems that no upgrade path is provided to ensure that users
> that already had the old package installed will get the new package.
> Only if libdb-ruby1.8 is selected manually will the old package get
> replaced.

The obvious fix (dummy transitional packages) is in our SVN; it’a bit
ugly, but seems to work.  It certainly deserves a second pair of eyes, I
might easily have missed something.

Cheers,
-- 
Michael Schutte <michi at uiae.at>
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