On Tue, 23 May 2006 15:01:36 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Axel Thimm wrote: > > > when a package stops shipping subpackages the buildsystem gets upset - > > the old subpackage which required the old main package cries out loud > > in the broken deps reports. > > > > Can a maintainer do something about it? Mail a human plugin of the > > buildsystem to throw the old subpackage out? > > Request the old/stale rpm to be removed from the repo by adding to the "For > requesting removal of packages" section one one (or more) of: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/FC4Status > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/FC5Status > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/FC6Status This is necessary because "Obsoletes" does not remove an old sub-package from the repository, "yum install" (and Yum queries) still see this package, and it is listed in the repoview pages, too. -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
