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On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:45:46 +0100
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@...> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:43:10 +0200
> Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
> > > It treats -r300 as being newer than -r200, and so will treat "the
> > > gtk3 version" or "the jruby version" as being newer versions of
> > > "the gtk2 version" or "the ruby 1.8 version", just as it tries to
> > > bring in a newer GCC and so on.
> >
> > And what problems is that causing for you?
>
> The problem is that there's no way of knowing that -r300 is not "a
> newer version" than -r200
It is a newer version. That's why it has a newer revision.
> and that the jruby implementation is not "a
> newer version" than the ruby 1.8 implementation.
And that's another thing which is ugly and should be replaced by
something sane rather than worked around.
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
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