ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs merge

[Patryk Zawadzki]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Bartosz Taudul <wolf.pld at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we should provide empty rpms for the obsoleted packages with the
> appropriate R: and some special name in release field? For example:
> ntfs-3g-1.2.3-69.packageexpired, R: ntfs3g-newshit
>
> Then we may have a simple cron job that would do rpm -e `rpm -qa|grep
> packageexpired` on a regular basis to remove the obsolete stuff.

http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/packages/obsoleted/obsoleted.spec?rev=HEAD

It works by building an empty package that marks the upgrade target
and immediately gets obsoleted by said target. There is nothing to
clean up then.

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Patryk Zawadzki
I solve problems.