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On Wednesday 02 April 2008, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> ...as saying that some other program required a version of openmotif |
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> which was <= 2.3.0. I figure that an older version of program x |
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> should not be considered as a "block" to a newer version of program |
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> x. Isn't that the whole point of "--update"? |
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It usually works this way but not always. There's some history behind |
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this one, the devs want user to have only one motif package installed |
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so blockers have been installed in newer ebuilds to force upgrades and |
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removals. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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