Description of problem: Say I rename package 'foo' to 'bar'. I have 'bar' Obsolete 'foo'. bar-debuginfo does not obsolete foo-debuginfo; this means it won't upgrade right. Given that debuginfo packages are automatically generated once per source rpm, and source rpms don't have obsoletes, I'm not sure how you'd solve this cleanly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.7.0-1.fc11.x86_64
We could, theoretically, add this into the debuginfo plugin to figure out - but I suspect it wouldn't be pretty at all.
The right way to solve the issue is a different upgrade model for -debuginfo packages, not adding Obsoletes: to -debuginfo. Building a package with multiple sub-pkgs is a 1-to-N relation. But creating -debuginfo package collapses all the symbols/sources back into a single package, effectively a N-to-1 reduction. While one can easily envision adding Obsoletes: in -debuginfo to handle name changes, you will find that Obsoletes: are not persistent (i.e. packages will creep back in after the Newer! Better! Bestest! Renamed! -debuginfo that carries the Obsoletes: has been installed). You will also find that it will be a huge PITA maintaining the Obsoletes: automagically in -debuginfo packages. Surely you know what an octopus snarl carrying around a mess of Obsoletes: in -debuginfo packages for renamed packages wiould instantly become. The better upgrade model for -debuginfo is to use RPMTAG_SOURCEPACKAGE (or better still RPMTAG_SOURCEPKGID) as a set identifier, and automatically remove any -debuginfo package that is no longer used (as in none of the N subpackages are installed). See the discussion in Jan Kratchovil's RFE for better handling of -debuginfo packages.
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