On 27 Apr 2010, at 17:43, Jack Howarth wrote: > To recap, the problem with using a single package with split-off > strategy is that both gcc4x and gcc4x-bin would require a Conflicts/ > Replaces on the older gcc4x packages which have overlapping files. > This is because the older gcc4x packages can't know that they are > are able co-exist with the newer gcc4x package and will Conflict > with it. > This causes dependency failures for fink in the absence of an explicit
Jack _ I told you since the beginning (Re: co-existing gcc4x packages, april 25) that it would be much simpler to keep the name gcc45 for the splitoff containing the symlinks _ This way, no need to bother other pkgs, and you avoid the trouble you mention.. Jean-Francois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel