8 Feb
2010
8 Feb
'10
2:23 a.m.
fons@kokkinizita.net writes:
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:29:28AM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
I find it extremely strange that updating a library removes the original - never seen this on any other distro. Nor is there any need to do this.
We only package the latest stable versions of software and so very rarely have multiple different versions of a library.
Providing only the latest in the repos is OK, but erasing a previous version **with a different major version number** on a user's system surely isn't, as existing applications will depend on it.
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The user should recompile (or update the system) so the applications now use this new version. In extreme cases, you can install the older library version from AUR.