On 04/28/2010 10:40 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Wednesday 28 April 2010, JD wrote: > >> On 04/28/2010 01:12 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 28 April 2010, David Baron wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe it is time for the (Debian/Ubuntu) installers to install over >>>> previous versions. >>>> >>> This is by intension. You can install a 3.1.x package over another >>> 3.1.x package not (for instance) a 3.2.x package over a 3.1.x >>> package. The reason is to have packages of different VBox branches >>> in the same repository so a user can decide to either stay at the >>> last stable 3.1.x package or to switch to 3.2.0 when released. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Frank >>> >> I had tried to do rpm -Uvh, but that did not work, >> the way it does with all other Fedora rpm packages >> - because VBox uses a different package naming convention?? >> > Same reason as for the Debian packages: Upgrading with -U will > work between 3.1.x releases but not from 3.1.x to 3.2.x. This > makes it possible to have VBox 3.1.x and VBox 3.2.x in the same > repository. > > Kind regards, > > Frank > Well, I do not know what you mean by having them in the same respository. What benefit does that provide to the user? Do you mean that both may be installed on the same system?
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