https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214269 ------- Comment #5 from andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de 2006-10-23 07:27 MST ------- (In reply to comment #4)
why does it obsolete a specific version? doesnt make much sense.
This is basically due to a proposal that originated from me, and there are cases where it clearly makes sense: "Obsoletes" without version means "Obsoletes all versions", and this can cause troubles for cases where the obsoleted package name is re-introduced again later. Assuming that the autoyast2-utils package name would be re-introduced again later, you would have to make autoyast2-utils obsolete inst-source-utils. Result: The packages are mutually obsoleting each other. The version can be left out in cases where the old package name will never be reintroduced again (but really only then - the obove scenario already happened with kopete -> kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger -> kopete, where the kopete package was reintroduced after it had been obsoleted without version). Whether the versioned obsoletes makes sense here, I'm not sure, because the packages have different versioning schemes. But it should not cause troubles if the version is correct (that is, it *really* corresponds to the last existing autoyast2-utils package). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.