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Howto remove packages from PPA?

Asked by Morten Kjeldgaard on 2007-09-05

I forgot to change the Section: statement in the control file before uploading the source package to my PPA, so it went into the "main" component, where I wanted "universe". How can I delete the "wrong" package?

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2007-12-03
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Christian Reis (kiko) said : #1

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 04:00:09PM -0000, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:
> New question #12877 on Launchpad:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/12877
>
> I forgot to change the Section: statement in the control file before
> uploading the source package to my PPA, so it went into the "main"
> component, where I wanted "universe". How can I delete the "wrong"
> package?

For now, you can't -- PPAs will only allow deleting packages after
Launchpad 1.1.9 (due in 2 weeks).
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Tanguy Herrmann (dolanor) said : #2

Even in 1.1.9 it doesn't seems it can.

So you must increase your package debian revision to add a new version.
I've done it, and it works. But still, your old revision will be in the archive

Best Christian Reis (kiko) said : #3

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:33:48PM -0000, Tanguy Herrmann wrote:
> So you must increase your package debian revision to add a new version.
> I've done it, and it works. But still, your old revision will be in
> the archive

No, it should not be -- superseded packages are now removed after the
stay of execution time (which I think is set to 1 day).

Morten Kjeldgaard (mok0) said : #4

Thanks Christian Reis, that solved my question.