On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 01:23:49AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Package: mffm-fftw1c2
> Version: 1.6-1
> Followup-For: Bug #338537

> mffm-fftw1c2 needs to do both of the following:

> Conflicts: mffm-fmtw1
> Replaces: mffm-fftw1

> Ordinarily when a package is renamed, it Provides: the former name as well,
> but in this case it doesn't actually "provide" the previous name because
> there has been an ABI change.  If packages could work with the new library
> without having to be recompiled, a "Provides: mffm-fftw1" would be
> appropriate as well.

To be clear, if packages could work with the new library without having to
be recompiled, it would have been inappropriate to rename the lib package at
all...

Cheers,
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