Subject: Re: upgrading packages?
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rrzc1.rz.uni-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/09/1998 12:13:09
On 8 Jul 1998, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Often, I want to *upgrade* a package -- from one version of lesstif to 
> the next, for example. Other than doing a -f in pkg_delete, which
> feels, er, messy, is there any *clean* way to tell the package system
> to let you install the new package?

No.


> If not, I consider that to be a flaw in our current system.

Yes, a known fact. We're working on resolving this. Please stay tuned! :)


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>