review request for libpst

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Thu Apr 9 22:44:02 UTC 2009


Carl Byington wrote:
> But if the main executables require an exact version match to the -libs
> package, then we cannot do parallel install of multiple (matching)
> - -devel,-libs packages, while leaving the executables installed and
> using the older version of the -libs package.
> 
> None of this matters if fedora packaging in general does not support
> parallel installs. If that is the case, then yes, we can use '=' in
> that Requires.

We do not support parallel installs. In cases where multiple versions of a
library are needed, a compatibility package has to be built for the old
one. But in general we just rebuild all dependent packages against the new
version.

        Kevin Kofler




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