Re: Problems with 1.2.1

[Hamish Moffatt <moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au>]

> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> 
> > Having two versions of a package in an archive will give dselect fits, and
> > it will usually not do "the right thing".
> 
> It won't give it fits, but it won't automatically use the later
> version.  It'll use the one that happens to come first in the
> directory.

Or if you have multiple versions in different directories,
it'll use both. I cannot understand this behaviour; everything
should be sorted out in the selection screen; how is it possible
to select multiple versions of a package? Or does dpkg receive
installation instructions by package name only, with no version
number?


hamish


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