From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26029 invoked by alias); 21 Aug 2008 08:24:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 26017 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Aug 2008 08:24:55 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:24:04 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 02BD36D434C; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:26:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:24:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [RFC] 1.7 Packaging: Obsolete packages Message-ID: <20080821082602.GE29104@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <48880879.5050400@users.sourceforge.net> <20080724094313.GG5251@calimero.vinschen.de> <488913D9.8070809@users.sourceforge.net> <20080725094034.GR5251@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080730121815.GM29031@calimero.vinschen.de> <48ACED44.4060902@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48ACED44.4060902@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00203.txt.bz2 On Aug 20 23:21, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > What if we add an "obsoletes:" line to setup.{ini,hint}? > > > > The idea is that you don't have to provide empty replacement packages > > for the old packages anymore, and setup removes all packages noted in > > the "obsoletes:" line before installing the new package, in the same > > step as when replaing old versions of the same package. > > > > Would that work? Wouldn't that ease the transition to new package > > schemes a lot? > > Any progress yet on this one? Unfortunately not. The package management in setup is written in some sort of martial-arts C++, which I have trouble to follow through. For this and for the problem I describe in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-08/msg00162.html I would need help. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat