I have a package foo-new
, which many new users know by its old name foo-old
, so they try to execute apt install foo-old
which does not work.
Is it possible through a control field to make a package being installed through either name from apt, so both
apt install foo-new
and
apt install foo-old
would work?
Это невозможно, вы должны использовать фиктивный переходный пакет, который зависит от foo-new. В качестве реального примера см. Пакет iceweasel, который устанавливает Firefox сейчас: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/iceweasel