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openoffice.org2 package

what's the difference between the openoffice.org2 package and the openoffice.org package?

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Richard de Vries (richarddevries) said : 		#1

richard@TheCastle:~$ apt-cache showpkg openoffice.org2
Package: openoffice.org2
Versions:

Reverse Depends:
  openoffice.org,openoffice.org2 1:3.1.1-4ubuntu2
  openoffice.org,openoffice.org2 1:3.1.1-4ubuntu2
Dependencies:
Provides:
Reverse Provides:
openoffice.org 1:3.1.1-4ubuntu2

This means openoffice.org2 is an empty package that will simply install the openoffice.org package. The openoffice.org2 package was probably once used to distinguish between the 1.x series and a bèta version of 2.0 or something similar. A 'dummy package' is maintained to allow upgrading the once installed package.
See for example also the packages firefox-3.0 and firefox-3.1.

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