Re: Updating fis-gtm package to 6.1
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 10:33:05PM -0500, Bhaskar, K.S wrote:
> [KSB] I think I just realized that we may not have a problem at all,
> but want to talk through it.
>
> If fis-gtm points to the latest release of GT.M, anyone installing it
> will get the latest version in the following scenarios:
>
> * Anyone installing fis-gtm will get the latest release of GT.M.
> * If a package depends on fis-gtm, anyone installing that package will
> get the latest GT.M at the time by virtue of the dependency on fis-gtm.
> * When there is a new release of GT.M, anyone who has fis-gtm installed
> will download and install the latest version of GT.M.
>
> The important thing is to make sure that installing the latest
> release of GT.M through the latest version of fis-gtm does not remove
> any older releases of GT.M already on the system. As long as we can
> ensure that older releases of GT.M must be manually removed, and will
> not be automatically removed, there is no problem for GT.M users.
That's what putting packages on HOLD is for.
Karsten
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