On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 05:43:40PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > Maybe a Conflict would be better, with an explicit dependency on lesstif for > > packages built against lesstif-devel. Otherwise one may end with lesstif > > installed and packages built against openmotif21, although they are > > binary incompatible. What's your advice? > > 1.) You cannot link against openmotif21 since it doesn't provide the > necessary .so symlinks. It doesn't store its libraries in %_libdir either, > so the linker search path would be different, too. There may be packages linked against openmotif21 existing, requiring libXm.so.2 which is also provided by lesstif. > 2.) Are they really *binary* compatible? No, they are binary incompatible. > 3.) Conflicts during installation/upgrade is among the typical "WTF?" > scenarios. Avoid them like the plague. Indeed, but with an obsolete, it is possible to end up with packages built against openmotif21 (old packages lying around), using the lesstif provided library. -- Pat -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
