Updated: xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4

Updated: xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4

[Harold L Hunt II]

The xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4 packages have been updated in the 
Cygwin distribution.

Changes:

1) Rework the packaging to conform to Cygwin packaging standards.
Include a packaging script that automates the build process, based off
of the generic build script.  Include the source code and a
patch against it.  Create a Cygwin-specific readme.

2) Consolidate the packages into xfig-lib (graphic symbols library), 
xfig (everything else).

-- 
Harold Hunt

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Re: Updated: xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4

[Charles Wilson]

Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> 2) Consolidate the packages into xfig-lib (graphic symbols library), 
> xfig (everything else).
> 

When you remove packages completely, you need to provide a compatibility 
  package that has the same name but higher version number.  That way, 
setup.exe will Do The Right Thing:

1) update obsolete package xfig-etc (or whatever)
    --- remove xfig-etc(old version)
    --- install xfig-etc(new version)

2) update xfig
    --- remove xfig(old)
    --- install xfig(new == consolidated)

But setup reshuffles this into remove and install:

1) remove xfig-etc(old version)
    remove xfig(old)
2) install xfig-etc(new version => empty, so this is a no-op)
    install xfig(new == consolidated)

And everything Just Works.  If you DON'T do that, then setup.exe would 
just update xfig -- but both xfig-etc(old) and xfig(new) would claim to 
"own" the files that were consolidated into xfig(new).

So, compatibility packages.  (Now, it's possible that setup.exe could 
[does?] support conflicts: and obsoletes: keywords, in which case that's 
a better solution than compat pkgs.  Ask Robert...)

Me, since I'm paying attention, I'll just do it manually: setup->remove 
all currently installed xfig-related packages, and then setup->install 
just the new pkgs.  But not everybody pays attention -- or reads these 
little announcements.

--
Chuck

Re: Updated: xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4

[Harold L Hunt II]

Chuck,

Charles Wilson wrote:

> Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> 
>> 2) Consolidate the packages into xfig-lib (graphic symbols library), 
>> xfig (everything else).
>>
> 
> When you remove packages completely, you need to provide a compatibility 
>  package that has the same name but higher version number.  That way, 
> setup.exe will Do The Right Thing:
> 
> 1) update obsolete package xfig-etc (or whatever)
>    --- remove xfig-etc(old version)
>    --- install xfig-etc(new version)
> 
> 2) update xfig
>    --- remove xfig(old)
>    --- install xfig(new == consolidated)
> 
> But setup reshuffles this into remove and install:
> 
> 1) remove xfig-etc(old version)
>    remove xfig(old)
> 2) install xfig-etc(new version => empty, so this is a no-op)
>    install xfig(new == consolidated)
> 
> And everything Just Works.  If you DON'T do that, then setup.exe would 
> just update xfig -- but both xfig-etc(old) and xfig(new) would claim to 
> "own" the files that were consolidated into xfig(new).
> 
> So, compatibility packages.  (Now, it's possible that setup.exe could 
> [does?] support conflicts: and obsoletes: keywords, in which case that's 
> a better solution than compat pkgs.  Ask Robert...)
> 
> Me, since I'm paying attention, I'll just do it manually: setup->remove 
> all currently installed xfig-related packages, and then setup->install 
> just the new pkgs.  But not everybody pays attention -- or reads these 
> little announcements.

Thanks, I suspected as much and was going to do just as you suggested. 
Then I did a local install and it seemed like it removed the old xfig-* 
packages as I hoped it would.  I checked more closely after your message 
and noticed that it was indeed not working as I had hoped.  I created 
compatibility packages for both the xfig packages and the 
XFree86-xwinclip package.

Thanks for the tip and watching my work :)

Harold

Re: Updated: xfig-3.2.4-4 and xfig-lib-3.2.4-4

[Dr. Volker Zell]

Hi

The documentaion seems to be split between the /usr/X11R6/doc and
/usr/X11R6/share/doc directories. Shouldn't docu go to the
/usr/X11R6/doc dir instead ?

Ciao
  Volker