On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 08:53:23AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:39:15 +0100 > Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The latest round of updates seems to be trying to > > remove my netscape browser, which is much unappreciated. > > Presumably you mean Netscape 4.77. It depends on old X library > packages whose functionality is replaced by new packages (with > different names) in Xfree86 v4.3. That said, I don't know whether > the issue is that the new libraries are in some way incompatible > with the old library calls (so that NS4 won't work with them); > or whether it's simply a reorganizing of package contents and > the NS4 packages don't know about the new packages (they don't > explicity satisfy NS4's dependencies) and the new packages > don't have "Provides:" fields covering the old libraries.
I understand that the new XFree86 packages are going to stop conflicting with the old libc5-based X libraries in the next update. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
