[Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to handle conflicts?]

[Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to handle conflicts?]

[John Mylchreest]

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forwarding my reply onto the list as well.

> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Best regards
> >  Michael Boman
> 
> You can put blocking packages into the DEPEND.
> please check gaim and gaim-cvs for examples :)
> 
> 
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