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  • From: Paul Mahon <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • To: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] proliferation of *-cvs spells
  • Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:53:52 -0500

That's exactly why it's not built into the provides stuff that only one
can be installed.

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 21:46, Robin Cook wrote:
> Ahh but gimp and gimp-devel don't conflict. They are done so that both
> can be installed that the same time. Though with a configure switch
> they could be made to conflict.
>
> CuZnDragon
> Robin Cook
>
> On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 17:31, Paul Mahon wrote:
> > Different versions of the same package should be in the CONFLICTS for
> > the two spells. So it should automaticly dispel the previous one.
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 07:10, Duane Malcolm wrote:
> > > What happens if you want to cast both version, eg, stable and devel
> > > gimp? Would this make dispelling spells more complex, ie, if I cast
> > > gimp
> > > configured to devel and then cast gimp configured to stable, would it
> > > dispel the previous devel version. This certainly adds complexity to
> > > the
> > > system.
> > >
> > > If this sourcemage is aimed towards users, if someone casts name_of_app
> > > it should install the stable version. If you want something else you
> > > should cast name_of_app-cvs or name_of_app-devel. There could be a
> > > standard format for these kind of spell.
> > >
> > > Having all versions of a spell in one may make the maintanance of a
> > > spell more difficult.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Duane.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >>I'd like to cast just one spell and be prompted whether I want
> > > >>release or cvs version.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Like the Firebird spell for example! Sometimes when I know what app
> > > > I want to install I simply try "cast name_of_app", and having the
> > > > prompt for the cvs/devel version in the spell at least makes me aware
> > > > that the option exists!
> > > >
> > > >vote: +1
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan Evraire
> > > > evraire at tuwg.com
> > > >
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