[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jérôme Marant) writes:
> Well, keep in mind the problems Debian had with multiple Perl installed > at a time and reasons why it changed. Python provides multiple versions > but it also provides a dummy package pointing to the standard version of > Python. I have a pretty good idea of problems that can arise since I > followed such transitions. > > What must be dealt with: all ocaml binaries must be in sync: you > must ensure that you'll never have ocamlc 3.04 with ocamlrun 3.06 > for instance ; you must *not* use alternatives, it was the cause of > many problems with Perl. The best way is the Python way as > explained Stefano with a dummy ocaml and ocaml-base pointing to > the standard version of ocaml. Well, let me add an extra example: A depends on B, and B provides dll.so from 3.04. Rebuilding B for 3.06 will break A since it will no longer find dll.so. So A have to depend on B-3.04. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
