[Ubuntu] QGIS-Mapserver rename

Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandewauw at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 12:30:19 PST 2014


I should add that you probably want to add a replaces/breaks  as well,
because upgrading from qgis-mapserver to qgis-server may otherwise
give errors (if the old mapserver is still there it will give
conflicts when installing the new one).

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Johan Van de Wauw
<johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can add a provides field to the debian/control file.
> So qgis-server provides qgis-mapserver.
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual
>
> Johan
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>> I support the rename of qgis-mapserver to qgis-server.
>> However is it possible with deb rules to select qgis-server for install
>> when uninstalling qgis-mapserver via upgrade? Perhaps an alias package
>> temporarily (transition package). So that people aren't left wondering
>> why their install stops working after the upgrade to 2.6.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
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