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forwarding my reply onto the list as well. |
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> > |
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> > What is the best way to handle conflicts of packages? Ie: I have a |
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> > stable (release) version of software A, and I also have a bleeding edge |
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> > version of the same software (that tracks the same current stable |
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> > version). What I want to do is that if they install the CVS version (or |
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> > the release version) they can't install the other version without |
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> > un-installing the other one. I'd like to do this to make sure that they |
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> > are linked against the correct version of the libraries. |
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> > Best regards |
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> > Michael Boman |
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> You can put blocking packages into the DEPEND. |
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> please check gaim and gaim-cvs for examples :) |
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> John Mylchreest. |
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> Gentoo Linux Developer |
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> Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org |
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John Mylchreest. |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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