Re: package descriptions dummy/transitional

2003-06-23 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed a few transitional and dummy packages on my system, but there was > no common way to identify them. I think the following packages exist: > > a) dummy packages which depend on the new name of a package for >1 - automatic update

Re: package descriptions dummy/transitional

2003-06-23 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way I can get a list of those "you can remove it safely after > upgrade (if no others depend on it)" packages? deborphan --guess-dummy --guess-only tries to do this, and automatically filters out packages that you can't yet remove.

package descriptions dummy/transitional

2003-06-22 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, I noticed a few transitional and dummy packages on my system, but there was no common way to identify them. I think the following packages exist: a) dummy packages which depend on the new name of a package for 1 - automatic updates after split or rename (e.g. xpdf-i) 2 - dependencie