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RE: naming of newt package



Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:sjc@delphi.com] wrote:
> What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done
> because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother.
> It i scommon with libraries....
> The problem is normally when you install a new version of a package the
> old version is removed...this would break anything using the old version
> so this allows you to install both versions
> (ie. libc5 and libc6 etc)

Yes, but newt0.21 and newt0.25 can't both be installed at the same time!
I chose to remove newt0.21 and install newt0.25 (using apt), and it worked
for me :^)

/Teddy

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