RE: naming of newt package

[sen_ml@eccosys.com]

At around Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:43:07 +0200,
 "Frock" <frock@ostenfeld.dk> may have mentioned:

> 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 :^)

this is what i ended up doing as well...

is this the expected method of dealing w/ this?  i don't mind doing things
manually sometimes -- just wondering.

-sen


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