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From: Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: rdalek1967@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Safe to install libpng-1.2.44?
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:59:27
Message-Id: 20100702175854.400b5f8a@dartworks.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Safe to install libpng-1.2.44? by Dale
1 === On Fri, 07/02, Dale wrote: ===
2 > This appears to be the opposite of a upgrade. He has a package that
3 > wants the OLD slotted version of libpng not the NEW slotted version.
4 > If I understand that correctly, he has already done the upgrade but
5 > now something needs the old package installed in addition to the new
6 > one.
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10 Oh right, sorry, didn't look closely enough.
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12 I would recommend avoiding that until Opera is upgraded. I did have for
13 a while both 1.2 and 1.4 slots installed and some things got dynamically
14 linked with both of them. That caused me some problems.
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16 Overall, libpng12 to libpng14 was a real pain... But now that's over
17 with.
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