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

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM,  <fons at 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.