Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:30:20AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > > the new library > > - the new library trying to look up a string which isn't there in the old >

Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Neil Roeth
On Aug 1, Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > > the new library > > - the new library trying to look up a string which

Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:30:20AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > > the new library > > - the new library trying to look up a string which isn't there in the old >

Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Neil Roeth
On Aug 1, Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > > the new library > > - the new library trying to look up a string which

Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > the new library > - the new library trying to look up a string which isn't there in the old > library Of course the message catalog would c

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > the new library > - the new library trying to look up a string which isn't there in the old > library Of course the message catalog would c

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:34:53PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > This would only be feasible if the message catalog never changed. > > Presumably, it corresponds to translated strings in the library, which > > might not be identical in different versions of the library. > > Personally I don'

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > This would only be feasible if the message catalog never changed. > Presumably, it corresponds to translated strings in the library, which > might not be identical in different versions of the library. Personally I don't have a problem with the old library "acquiring"

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:34:53PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > This would only be feasible if the message catalog never changed. > > Presumably, it corresponds to translated strings in the library, which > > might not be identical in different versions of the library. > > Personally I don'

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > This would only be feasible if the message catalog never changed. > Presumably, it corresponds to translated strings in the library, which > might not be identical in different versions of the library. Personally I don't have a problem with the old library "acquiring"

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:57:51AM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > > If the message files are identical, another solution would be to create a > > third package with the message files which you depend on in the library > > packages. (The former should of course conflict with older versions > > of t

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Neil Roeth
On Jul 30, Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You should either version the files, or move them into another package. On Jul 31, Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, Paul.Hampso wrote: > > > Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or developer's guide or whatnot. > > The two

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:57:51AM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > > If the message files are identical, another solution would be to create a > > third package with the message files which you depend on in the library > > packages. (The former should of course conflict with older versions > > of t

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Neil Roeth
On Jul 30, Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You should either version the files, or move them into another package. On Jul 31, Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, Paul.Hampso wrote: > > > Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or developer's guide or whatnot. > > The two

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Paul.Hampso wrote: > Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or developer's guide or whatnot. The two libraries need to coexist peacefully. Replaces: doesn't help here. If the message files are identical, another solution would be to create a third package with the message files which you depend on

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Paul.Hampso wrote: > Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or developer's guide or whatnot. The two libraries need to coexist peacefully. Replaces: doesn't help here. If the message files are identical, another solution would be to create a third package with the message files which you depend on

Re: locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale > files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I'm not certain that it was > done to solve the same problem, but it looks like that would work in my case. > Is there any reason not to do that? You should either version the files, or move t

Re: locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Paul . Hampson
and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale > files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I'm not certain that it was > done to solve the same problem, but it looks like that would work in my case. > Is there any reason not to do that? Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or developer's guide or whatnot. -- Paul "TBBle" Hampson

locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Neil Roeth
on a system that has libosp2 installed, I get an error: "trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sp.mo', which is also in package libosp2". I found that libgtk2.0-common and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I

Re: locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale > files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I'm not certain that it was > done to solve the same problem, but it looks like that would work in my case. > Is there any reason not to do that? You should either version the files, or move t

Re: locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Paul . Hampson
and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale > files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I'm not certain that it was > done to solve the same problem, but it looks like that would work in my case. > Is there any reason not to do that? Look up 'Replaces' in the policy or dev

locale files

2003-07-30 Thread Neil Roeth
on a system that has libosp2 installed, I get an error: "trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sp.mo', which is also in package libosp2". I found that libgtk2.0-common and libgtk1.2-common versionize the locale files, e.g., gtk20.mo and gtk+.mo, respectively. I