On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:23:28AM -0200, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > >> > Providing only the latest in the repos is OK, but erasing a >> > previous version **with a different major version number** >> > on a user's system surely isn't, as existing applications >> > will depend on it. >> >> The user should recompile (or update the system) so the applications now >> use this new version. In extreme cases, you can install the older >> library version from AUR. > > And if the current version of that application refuses to use > the new library ? I did re-install gnuplot, it wants a different > version. > I just installed gnuplot here, never used it before, and it runs fine (just did 'gnuplot' followed by 'q' to quit). Version is 4.2.6-2. Again, perhaps your mirror is not up-to-date.
