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

[Lukáš Jirkovský]

On 8 February 2010 03:49,  <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.
>
> 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.