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Quoting Ciaran McCreesh (2012-08-21 15:35:38) |
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> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:24:57 +0200 Amadeusz Żołnowski |
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> <aidecoe@g.o> wrote: |
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> > We have "has_version" function to check if user has actually updated |
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> > from relevant version. Please use this to not confuse users who |
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> > installed the package first time or are upgrading from Y to another |
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> > version. |
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> Doing it using has_version isn't really recommended, since... |
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> [...] |
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> It's thus much better to use REPLACING_VERSIONS (which is plural, and |
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> this is important) rather than has_version, if you're asking about the |
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> current package rather than another package. |
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Right. Thanks. REPLACING_VERSIONS and REPLACED_BY_VERSION is much |
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better, but for older EAPIs couldn't one set it manually with help of |
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has_version in pkg_setup and check that var later in postinst?. |
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Amadeusz Żołnowski |
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