Re: [arch-general] Package coordination with archlinuxfr repo?

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:35 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

With gcc-gcj 4.5.1 installed, gcc 4.5.2 would not install due to the gcc-gcj gcc 4.5.1 depends. pdftk depended on gcc-gcj. So both gcc-gcj and pdftk had to be uninstalled before gcc 4.5.2 would install (without any forcing or ignoring dependencies) Both removed, then gcc 4.5.2 installed and then rebuilt both from AUR :p

i see :-) I want new thoughts about what the meaning of a package is ... and how it can be better represented for derivation from it's integrals; source code and user state. the tarball has served us well for a long time, but ... in the now-time of cheap encryption, distributed clouds, parallel peers and ... C Anthony