On Feb 19, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Jeffry C Nichols wrote:
I have a really dumb/simple question. When installing a particular package, how does one decide between a package labeled "package" and one labeled "package20"?
For instance, I want to build the glame stuff and it requires guile. But via fink, I have a choice between "guile" and "guile16" and the description of each sounds the same.
<AKH> It's just a matter of version numbering. Here's what I found in README file in the GLAME tarball:
- The scripting part makes use of guile; upgrading to the lastest and greatest here is a good idea too, in case anything doesn't work as expected (latest 1.4 and latest 1.6 releases are known to work).
So I'd try guile16.
I realize the version is different, but is that it? And why change the name? Why not just replace the version as they come out so if you want guile, you install guile.
<AKH> The older versions get kept when other packages can't build against the newer ones. The name change frequently comes from the upstream people in charge of the package, and Fink just follows the convention that has already been set in that case.
Thanks.
Jeff
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