On 5/10/07, Laszlo (Laca) Peter <laca at sun.com> wrote: > > The real trouble is what happens when multiple version of the same > lib meet in an executable. It happens sometimes and there's no > easy way to avoid or fix it. Actual examples are the acroread crash > (caused by a libz collision) and currently various GNOME apps > crash due to a clash between libexpat in Python and in /usr/sfw. > The lower level the library, the higher the probability that it'll > cause troubles. Tck/Tk is probably okay in this regard, but where > do you draw the line?
I don't know. But I think something's going to have to be worked out, and I keep bringing it up in the hope that someone way smarter than myself will work out a way to cleanly support multiple versions. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
