On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 08:39, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > If there are problems upgrading to the latest superxyz-9.5.3-1mdk > > package and that problem can be attributed to a change in libraries, > > then great. But if the package installed cleanly (i.e. no --force or > > --nodeps) and something the package required isn't there, then there is > > a dependency issue. > > > > When would you rather hit these problems? Now, in the middle of a > > development cycle, or a few months down the road when Joe User is trying > > to "upgrade" his 8.[01] box to 8.2 and suddenly has a broken superxyz. > > > > You won't have this problem in any released version. The problem is that > part of libraries are built against old libpng while part of libraries > are built against new libpng. Old distro (8.1 or below) are using old > version; new distro will use new version.
Did you even read what he wrote before replying? He's right, cooker or no, if it installs without deps and doesn't work, it's not done correctly. Period. -- Brad Felmey
