From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1299 invoked by uid 1002); 16 Jun 2003 11:13:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 19237 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2003 11:13:23 -0000 From: John Mylchreest To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-z+GIrwoSLCbwASPb6KkM" Message-Id: <1055761989.28763.23.camel@johnm.willow.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 16 Jun 2003 12:13:09 +0100 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Jun 2003 11:14:25.0607 (UTC) FILETIME=[721F5D70:01C333F8] Subject: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to handle conflicts?] X-Archives-Salt: cc660019-a7cd-4395-96b8-b9d3f538a185 X-Archives-Hash: c5954435fe007c2d8657408c5aaf102e --=-z+GIrwoSLCbwASPb6KkM Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable forwarding my reply onto the list as well. > >=20 > > What is the best way to handle conflicts of packages? Ie: I have a > > stable (release) version of software A, and I also have a bleeding edge > > version of the same software (that tracks the same current stable > > version). What I want to do is that if they install the CVS version (or > > the release version) they can't install the other version without > > un-installing the other one. I'd like to do this to make sure that they > > are linked against the correct version of the libraries. > >=20 > > Best regards > > Michael Boman >=20 > You can put blocking packages into the DEPEND. > please check gaim and gaim-cvs for examples :) >=20 >=20 > --=20 > John Mylchreest. > Gentoo Linux Developer >=20 > Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org > Public Key: gpg --recv-keys 0xEAB9E721 > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xEAB9E721 >=20 > Key fingerprint:0670 E5E4 F461 806B 860A 2245 A40E 72EB EAB9 E721 --=20 John Mylchreest. Gentoo Linux Developer Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org Public Key: gpg --recv-keys 0xEAB9E721 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xEAB9E721 Key fingerprint:0670 E5E4 F461 806B 860A 2245 A40E 72EB EAB9 E721 --=-z+GIrwoSLCbwASPb6KkM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+7aZFpA5y6+q55yERAg76AKCJzSzih5w1EhOi71JR6HxgqnFXSQCgqud0 kOOXs8v7uD01s9FQYnkMpqI= =J8ZA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-z+GIrwoSLCbwASPb6KkM--