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| author |  Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl> | 2022-01-05 21:33:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Piotr <chocimier@tlen.pl> | 2022-02-12 22:43:00 +0100 |
| commit | 3d79d6dea96f78614592715073ab03b09d4571ee (patch) | |
| tree | e7d2dee9830e7204ff5f80a664cee26560b8feae /Manual.md | |
| parent | openjdk16-bootstrap: replace libressl hostmakedep with openssl (diff) | |
Manual.md: document renaming a package
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diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md index 90c8dcb65f8..d9081d023d1 100644 --- a/Manual.md +++ b/Manual.md @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ packages for XBPS, the `Void Linux` native packaging system. * [Go packages](#pkgs_go) * [Haskell packages](#pkgs_haskell) * [Font packages](#pkgs_font) + * [Renaming a package](#pkg_rename) * [Removing a package](#pkg_remove) * [XBPS Triggers](#xbps_triggers) * [appstream-cache](#triggers_appstream_cache) @@ -1659,6 +1660,18 @@ cache during the install/removal of the package - `font_dirs`: which should be set to the directory where the package installs its fonts +<a id="pkg_rename"></a> +### Renaming a package + +- Create empty package of old name, depending on new package. This is +necessary to provide updates to systems where old package is already +installed. This should be a subpackage of new one, except when version +number of new package decreased: then create a separate template using +old version and increased revision. +- Edit references to package in other templates and common/shlibs. +- Don't set `replaces=`, it can result in removing both packages from +systems by xbps. + <a id="pkg_remove"></a> ### Removing a package |