--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/08/07 12:07:39	1.32
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/08/07 21:27:06	1.33
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ sub publish {
         my $chparms='';
         map {
 	    if (($_=~/^parameter/) || ($_=~/^stores/)) {
-                unless (($metadatafields{$_.'.name'}) || ($_=~/\.\w+$/)) {
+                unless (($metadatafields{$_.'.name'}) ||
+                        ($metadatafields{$_.'.package'}) || ($_=~/\.\w+$/)) {
 		    print $logfile 'Obsolete: '.$_."\n";
                     $chparms.=$_.' ';
                 }