Package: apt Version: 0.9.12 Severity: wishlist The apt-get --with-new-pkgs option has recently been added, but its status, as described in the apt-get(8) man page, is not clear concerning package renames and virtual packages in general.
If a package foo is renamed bar with Provides/Replaces/Conflicts, the physical package foo will be removed but will still exists on the system as a virtual package provided by bar. Is this regarded as a removal? If it is, is it on purpose or is this just a current limitation? I suppose that the idea of --with-new-pkgs is to allow package renames too, as there should be no loss of functionality *due to the rename itself* (there can be a loss of functionality for other reasons, like potentially with any upgrade). As a summary: 1. If renames/... are supported, improve the description of --with-new-pkgs. 2. If renames/... are not supported, this is a wishlist to ask to support them. The current limitation could be documented. -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4 ii gnupg 1.4.15-1 ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.12 ii libc6 2.17-93 ii libgcc1 1:4.8.1-10 ii libstdc++6 4.8.1-10 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 0.9.12 ii aptitude 0.6.8.2-1.2 ii dpkg-dev 1.17.1 ii python-apt 0.8.9.1+b1 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
