void-linux · classabbyamp · Dec 31, 2025 · Dec 31, 2025 · Dec 31, 2025 · Dec 31, 2025
diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
@@ -1758,14 +1758,13 @@ installs its fonts
 <a id="pkg_rename"></a>
 ### Renaming a package
 
-- Create empty package of old name, depending on new package. This is
+- Create an empty subpackage of old name, depending on new package. This is
 necessary to provide updates to systems where old package is already
-installed. This should be a subpackage of new one, except when version
-number of new package decreased: then create a separate template using
-old version and increased revision.
+installed. This should be a subpackage of new one. When the version
+number of the transitional package decreases, add `reverts` entries to it.
+- append `" (transitional dummy package)"` to the package's `short_desc`.
 - Edit references to package in other templates and common/shlibs.
-- Don't set `replaces=`, it can result in removing both packages from
-systems by xbps.
+- Set `replaces="old-name>=0` on the new package.
 
 <a id="pkg_remove"></a>
 ### Removing a package

diff --git a/srcpkgs/7zip/template b/srcpkgs/7zip/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for '7zip'
 pkgname=7zip
 version=25.01
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="File archiver with a high compression ratio"
 maintainer="Roberto Ricci <io@r-ricci.it>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later, BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ alternatives="
  7z:7za:/usr/bin/7zip
  7z:7zr:/usr/bin/7zip
  7z:7zz:/usr/bin/7zip"
+replaces="p7zip>=0"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
 	# missing pthread_attr_setaffinity_np()
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ do_install() {
 	 7z:7za:/usr/bin/7zip-unrar
 	 7z:7zr:/usr/bin/7zip-unrar
 	 7z:7zz:/usr/bin/7zip-unrar"
+	replaces="p7zip-unrar>=0"
 
 	pkg_install() {
 		vbin "${wrksrc}/CPP/7zip/Bundles/Alone2/b/rar/7zz" 7zip-unrar
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 p7zip_package() {
 	metapackage=yes
-	depends=7zip
+	depends="7zip"
 	short_desc="Command-line version of the 7zip compressed file archive"
 	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 }

diff --git a/srcpkgs/DisplayCAL/template b/srcpkgs/DisplayCAL/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'DisplayCAL'
 pkgname=DisplayCAL
 version=3.9.17
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel libXxf86vm-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ homepage="https://github.com/eoyilmaz/displaycal-py3"
 distfiles="https://github.com/eoyilmaz/displaycal-py3/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ddc84d7e2c6b4bbaf981d2a8fb99910d14fd39b89023de4fac824098eb567544
 make_check=no # checks fail to build
+replaces="dispcalGUI>=0"
 
 post_extract() {
 	# GitHub tarball misses VERSION file, PyPI tarball misses other bits

diff --git a/srcpkgs/EmulationStation-rpi b/srcpkgs/EmulationStation-rpi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EmulationStation
diff --git a/srcpkgs/EmulationStation-rpi/template b/srcpkgs/EmulationStation-rpi/template
diff --git a/srcpkgs/EmulationStation/template b/srcpkgs/EmulationStation/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'EmulationStation'
 pkgname=EmulationStation
 version=2.9.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 _pugixml_version=1.10
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/archive/v${version}.tar.
  https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v1.10/pugixml-${_pugixml_version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="79452f6c1e8aaebe98c19708b3587a0a45330bf20b3301d556285d5cd756fa4a
  55f399fbb470942410d348584dc953bcaec926415d3462f471ef350f29b5870a"
+replaces="EmulationStation-rpi>=0"
 
 post_extract() {
 	mv EmulationStation-$version/* .
@@ -27,3 +28,9 @@ post_extract() {
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.md
 }
+
+EmulationStation-rpi_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+	metapackage=yes
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Endeavour/template b/srcpkgs/Endeavour/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'Endeavour'
 pkgname=Endeavour
 version=43.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir true false)"
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Todo"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Endeavour/-/archive/${version}/Endeavour-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f5f442611f03b2471a522e976bfb156de36824b1ecf8c13a9b35a996f50670a3
+replaces="gnome-todo>=0"
 
 build_options="gir"
 build_options_default="gir"
 
 gnome-todo_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - transitional dummy package"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 	metapackage=yes
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/OpenCL-Headers/template b/srcpkgs/OpenCL-Headers/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'OpenCL-Headers'
 pkgname=OpenCL-Headers
 version=2025.07.22
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Khronos OpenCL (Open Computing Language) header files"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ homepage="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-Headers"
 distfiles="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-Headers/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=98f0a3ea26b4aec051e533cb1750db2998ab8e82eda97269ed6efe66ec94a240
 provides="opencl-headers-${version}_${revision}"
-replaces="opencl-headers>=0"
+replaces="opencl-headers>=0 opencl2-headers>=0"
 
 opencl2-headers_package() {
 	metapackage=yes

diff --git a/srcpkgs/ansible-core/template b/srcpkgs/ansible-core/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ansible-core'
 pkgname=ansible-core
 version=2.20.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-docutils
  python3-Jinja2 python3-yaml"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/stable-${version%.*
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/a/ansible_core/ansible_core-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cd73faf28a056c933bc1eee8f66ab597e7ec7309d42c8a6e5d6e4294c4a78b54
 conflicts="ansible<2.10.1_1"
-replaces="ansible-base<2.11.0_1"
+replaces="ansible-base>=0"
 
 do_check() {
 	# Test script is missing and exists to be in child of root

diff --git a/srcpkgs/antimicrox/template b/srcpkgs/antimicrox/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'antimicrox'
 pkgname=antimicrox
 version=3.3.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config extra-cmake-modules itstool gettext qt5-qmake
  qt5-host-tools"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ homepage="https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c5e8d7c827f64b0a162133f9cac2ddc8dc0c9243541fae1a8ced5424b4fb7b3c
+replaces="antimicro>=0"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libexecinfo-devel"
@@ -22,6 +23,6 @@ fi
 
 antimicro_package() {
 	metapackage=yes
-	depends="${sourcepkg}"
-	short_desc+=" - transitional dummy package"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-directory-studio-bin/template b/srcpkgs/apache-directory-studio-bin/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=apache-directory-studio-bin
 _pkgname=ApacheDirectoryStudio
 version=2.0.0.v20210717+M17
-revision=1
+revision=2
 _version="${version/+/-}"
 archs="x86_64"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime gtk+3 desktop-file-utils"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ checksum="24764eff94ad3a257a899d34f9933276af0d201fba9017d6737558b2ffd5eda7
 python_version=3
 nopie=yes
 skip_extraction="${_pkgname}-${_version}-src.zip"
+replaces="apache-directory-studio>=0"
 
 post_extract() {
 	bsdtar --strip-components 3 -xf "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${_pkgname}-${_version}-src.zip" \

diff --git a/srcpkgs/attica/template b/srcpkgs/attica/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'attica'
 pkgname=attica
 version=5.116.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="kcoreaddons extra-cmake-modules qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
 makedepends="qt5-devel"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/attica"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=681107c4dd989999cecd002c58c01ec3af8317bb9da5267809ad465750d21fea
+replaces="attica-qt5>=0"
 
 do_check() {
 	cd build
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ do_check() {
 
 attica-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="attica-qt5-devel>=0"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include

diff --git a/srcpkgs/avahi-discover/template b/srcpkgs/avahi-discover/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 pkgname=avahi-discover
 version=0.8
-revision=9
+revision=10
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-qt3 --disable-qt4 --disable-mono --disable-monodoc
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 avahi-python3-utils_package() {
 	depends="avahi-python3>=${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="avahi-python-utils>=0"
 	short_desc="Avahi python utilities"
 	python_version=3
 	pkg_install() {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ avahi-python3-utils_package() {
 }
 
 avahi-python-utils_package() {
-	short_desc="Avahi python utilities - transitional dummy pkg"
+	short_desc="Avahi python utilities (transitional dummy package)"
 	depends="avahi-python3-utils>=${version}_${revision}"
 	metapackage=yes
 }

diff --git a/srcpkgs/bCNC/template b/srcpkgs/bCNC/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'bCNC'
 pkgname=bCNC
 version=0.9.15
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-pyserial python3-Pillow python3-tkinter python3-numpy python3-scipy
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ homepage="https://github.com/vlachoudis/bCNC"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7ca77f8914d2da51b4a2bf5db1fe48f52037e59e972769bf48c932fbee2d5ff3
 make_check=no # all tests require pyautogui, which is not packaged
+replaces="bcnc>=0"
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/applications

diff --git a/srcpkgs/backblaze-b2/template b/srcpkgs/backblaze-b2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'backblaze-b2'
 pkgname=backblaze-b2
 version=4.5.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3 python3-build python3-packaging python3-pdm-backend python3-pip python3-setuptools_scm python3-wheel"
 depends="python3-argcomplete python3-Arrow python3-b2sdk python3-docutils python3-phx-class-registry
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/b2/b2-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e07b10bc451331ac7150f27c227e9be9a9958dd3a96480db19f9ac6d565cbaef
 replaces="python-b2>=0"
 make_check=no # tests require unpackaged dependencies
+replaces="python-b2>=0"
 
 post_install() {
 	# Avoid conflict with Boost's b2 tool
@@ -25,5 +26,5 @@ post_install() {
 python-b2_package() {
 	depends="backblaze-b2>=${version}_${revision}"
 	metapackage=yes
-	short_desc+=" - transitional package"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/baloo-widgets/template b/srcpkgs/baloo-widgets/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'baloo-widgets'
 pkgname=baloo-widgets
 version=25.12.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON
  -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR=lib/qt6/plugins"
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later, GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://invent.kde.org/libraries/baloo-widgets"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/release-service/${version}/src/baloo-widgets-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=606ad6246fabfd9b91a2d458c758c322973c46bf37d15a1b2da08568c3d2ab23
+replaces="baloo-widgets5>=0"
 
 baloo-widgets-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="baloo-widgets5-devel>=0"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/cmake
@@ -36,13 +38,13 @@ baloo-widgets-devel_package() {
 }
 
 baloo-widgets5_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - (Dummy transitional package)"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 	metapackage=yes
 	depends="baloo-widgets-${version}_${revision}"
 }
 
 baloo-widgets5-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - (Dummy transitional package)"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 	metapackage=yes
 	depends="baloo-widgets-devel-${version}_${revision}"
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-container-full/template b/srcpkgs/base-container-full/template
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'base-container-full'
 pkgname=base-container-full
 version=0.11
-revision=3
+revision=4
 metapackage=yes
-short_desc="Void Linux base system meta package for containers/chroots"
-maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
-license="Public Domain"
-homepage="https://www.voidlinux.org/"
-
-depends="
- base-files ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils
+depends="base-files ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils
  dash bash grep gzip file sed gawk less util-linux which tar man-pages
  mdocml>=1.13.3 shadow e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs f2fs-tools dosfstools kbd
  procps-ng tzdata pciutils iana-etc eudev runit-void openssh dhcpcd
  iproute2 iputils iw xbps nvi sudo traceroute kmod removed-packages"
+short_desc="Void Linux base system meta package for containers/chroots"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
+license="Public Domain"
+homepage="https://www.voidlinux.org/"
+replaces="base-voidstrap>=0"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) depends+=" musl";;

diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-container/template b/srcpkgs/base-container/template
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'base-container'
 pkgname=base-container
 version=0.3
-revision=3
+revision=4
 metapackage=yes
+depends="base-files coreutils findutils diffutils dash grep gzip sed gawk
+ util-linux which tar shadow procps-ng iana-etc xbps nvi tzdata
+ runit-void removed-packages"
 short_desc="Void Linux base system meta for minimal containers/chroots"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Public Domain"
 homepage="https://www.voidlinux.org/"
-
-depends="
- base-files coreutils findutils diffutils dash grep gzip sed gawk
- util-linux which tar shadow procps-ng iana-etc xbps nvi tzdata
- runit-void removed-packages"
+replaces="base-minimal>=0"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) depends+=" musl";;