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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages.scm9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 68a9eef2ad..5d60423a3a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -305,7 +305,14 @@ return its return value."
(when fallback?
(warning (_ "deprecated NAME-VERSION syntax; \
use NAME@VERSION instead~%")))
- pkg)
+
+ (match (package-superseded pkg)
+ ((? package? new)
+ (info (_ "package '~a' has been superseded by '~a'~%")
+ (package-name pkg) (package-name new))
+ new)
+ (#f
+ pkg)))
(_
(if version
(leave (_ "~A: package not found for version ~a~%") name version)