On 8 February 2010 03:49, <fons@kokkinizita.net> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:23:28AM -0200, Andre Ramaciotti wrote:
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.
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.
And if the current version of that application refuses to use the new library ? I did re-install gnuplot, it wants a different version.
Ciao,
-- FA
O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
Don't forget that it's most likely it's not gnuplot what is failing but some library on which gnuplot depends. Your only choice is to run pacman -Syu or use distro without rolling updates.