[arch-general] library version conflict -- how does Arch solve this ?

[Andre Ramaciotti]

fons at 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.
>
> (snip)

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.