On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 04:43:07PM +0200, Frock wrote: > Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done > > because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother. > > It i scommon with libraries.... > > The problem is normally when you install a new version of a package the > > old version is removed...this would break anything using the old version > > so this allows you to install both versions > > (ie. libc5 and libc6 etc) > > Yes, but newt0.21 and newt0.25 can't both be installed at the same time! > I chose to remove newt0.21 and install newt0.25 (using apt), and it worked > for me :^)
well...if they conflict then no :) but in principal if they could be installed at the same time then it would work. I really can't fully explain the version numberings... it is however concievable that it could be the case that both could be installed It is still fairly common tho ;) -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
