On 5/10/06, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha <
strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:15:21PM -0400, Russell Harrison wrote:
> On 5/10/06, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha
>
> >On your new A, add an "Obsoletes" tag:
> >Obsoletes: B
>
>
> This will burn you later. Say you decide you do want B at a later date. If
> you don't remember to use A you can't install B. Also if you try and
> install something that requires B package management platforms will pull in
> A instead. Which won't have the libraries the new package needs.
>
> Obsoletes should only be used when package A replaces the functionality of B
> and is intended to be a complete replacement for it.
Which is the case:
"I have recently moved all components & functionality from B.rpm into A.rpm."
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lfr
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