On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 10:29:11AM -0400, Scott Ellis wrote: > On Tue, 7 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It is in general a good advice to install first the actual lib* package, > > and then the appropriate lkib*g package. So it is necessary for svgalib > > and others. > > > > Perhaps something like this could be included in the HOWTO > > I'll try to make mention of it. However, it is policy that the newer > libfoog package should conflict with old versions of libfoo that put their > libraries in /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib/libc5-compat. Any package that > doesn't do this has a bug. In addition, the both packages are installed > at the same time, you'll get the right thing even if it does complain > about overwrites, and most other libraries can stand to be broken for a > few minutes.
I have to admit that I don't know what I'm really doing, but it works: I try to install the (old) libc5-compat, and if it installs I install the libc6 one after. If it depends on libc6 and errors, I install the libc6 and then the libc5 library a second time. Seems to work fine... Once again, I don't know what I do but I'm impressed that all works relativly flawless. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
