Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 09/09/05 18:15 CST: > You mean they would overwrite an existing libfam and fam.h from > the FAM package? Not that it really matters (I did read up on it), > but I didn't really think it was prudent for devs to use the same > names for files that have already been released by another package.
Now that I think of it, there are many packages that use same names if they provide the same functionality. X and FreeGlut come to mind. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 18:17:00 up 160 days, 17:50, 3 users, load average: 1.18, 1.15, 0.76 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
