tag 248539 + moreinfo thanks On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 11:39:34PM +0200, Elrond wrote: > Package: libxrandr2 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > libxrandr2 does not need to conflict with xlibs (<< 4.3.0). I thought I had a reason for this, but if it's not documented, it doesn't count. > xlibs 4.2.1-12.1 does only contain libxrandr 1.0 and not 2.0. I was aware of this. > # dpkg --force-conflicts -i libxrandr2_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb > > this works very well with my xlibs 4.2.1-12.1 and xlibs-dev > 4.2.1-12.1 installed. It gives only a warning about the > conflict, but not override-stuff. > > # dpkg -S libXrandr > xlibs: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.1.0 > xlibs-dev: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.a > xlibs: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.1 > libxrandr2: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2 > libxrandr2: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2.0 > > Even that seems to work very well. (I wonder, where > libXrandr.so is, but that's out of the scope of this bug > and probably covered in some FAQ.) In Debian, .so files are generally in lib*-dev packages, not lib*. May I ask what motivated you to try having both versions of libXrandr on your machine at the same time? Just curious. -- G. Branden Robinson | I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, Debian GNU/Linux | and say that if God really existed, branden@debian.org | it would be necessary to abolish http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | him. -- Mikhail Bakunin
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