On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:26:02PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 03:30:24PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > > > > >>>>Did you write something explaining what has to change in terms > >>>>of directory and package dependencies ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>For the libdir transition. > >> > >> > > > >Well, provided your package use `ocamlc -where` to find the place where > >to install the stuff and that the package is handling the dependency > >conforming to the policy (ocaml-3.06 and ocaml-base-3.06), then you > >just have to : > > > > o change the ocaml dependencies : > > > > ocaml-3.06 -> ocaml-3.06-1 > > ocaml-base-3.06 -> ocaml-base-3.06.1 > > Isn't it ocaml-base-3.06-1 ?
Yes, sure. > > o modify the debian/dirs to use the new ocaml libdir : > > > > usr/lib/ocaml -> usr/lib/ocaml/3.06 > > > > o rebuild the package with the new version of ocaml. > > > >And that's it. > > > >`ocamlc -where` will point to /usr/lib/ocaml/3.06 and the stuff will be > >installed there, and the new dependencies will guarantee that the new > >package cannot be installed in conjunction with older ocaml or > >libraries. > > > >For the end user, this will have as consequence that all the ocaml stuff > >will be on hold until all stuff he has installed has been rebuilt, so it > >will be transparent for our current users. > > > >The only problem will be for people doing new installation, which will > >not be able to install the not yet rebuilt stuff. But then, they can > >still fall back on the testing/stable version (ocaml 3.04 though). > > > > No problem. Friendly, Sven Luther
