Re: howto use "local" version of libcurl2 for single app
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:08:02AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> The most recent libcurl2/curl in SID breaks gotmail.
> So I put it on hold and kept the N-1 version.
>
> But now I have to put openoffice.org-bin and the rest of
> openoffice.org on hold, because it needs the newest libcurl2.
>
> How can I go ahead and update to the latest libcurl2 and openoffice
> in my *main* dpkg, but just tell gotmail to use the N-1 version
> of libcurl2? I guess the N-1 version will just have to be unpacked
> but not installed.
No, unpacked-but-not-configured packages overwrite the previous version.
You'll probably have to build libcurl2 N-1 from source, stick it in
/usr/local or something, and use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to get gotmail to use
it.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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