[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs gd, libgd2, libgd_dev, libwmf, libwmf(...)

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Wed Mar 09 15:21:57 -0500 2011:

> Errr.. this package seems to have been generated for no good reason
> whatsoever. So I'm dropping it.
> It would be nice if could eliminate this stuff from appearing in the future.
> Or better yet, have something appear that says, "Hey! Rename the old
> devel to the new dev please"

Actually, this is the obsoletes mechanism at work.  For users with the
old (_devel) package installed, an update will pull this in, which in
turn pulls in the new _dev package.  The old is easily identified by
/var/sadm/pkg/CSWfoo/obsolete.  In the fairly near future, pkgutil is
going to sprout an option to search and destroy on these packages.

The _devel package is empty of real content but provides a smooth
transition.

Thanks
-Ben
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