Re: naming of newt package
On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 04:43:07PM +0200, Frock wrote:
> 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 :^)
well...if they conflict then no :) but in principal if they could
be installed at the same time then it would work.
I really can't fully explain the version numberings...
it is however concievable that it could be the case that both could be
installed
It is still fairly common tho ;)
-Steve
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