At around Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:43:07 +0200, "Frock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> may have mentioned:
> 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 :^) this is what i ended up doing as well... is this the expected method of dealing w/ this? i don't mind doing things manually sometimes -- just wondering. -sen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
