On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM, <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.
I just installed gnuplot here, never used it before, and it runs fine (just did 'gnuplot' followed by 'q' to quit). Version is 4.2.6-2. Again, perhaps your mirror is not up-to-date.