Incorrect version in packages names
Ralf Habacker
Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de
Sun Jul 14 06:01:00 GMT 2002
> The naming was probably inherited from linux, where it is possible to
> have both kde (1) and kde (2) and kde (3) all installed on the same
> machine. Therefore, each needs different basename.
Yes, this is it.
>
> If the kde-cygwin folks want to maintain that package-name distinction,
> then they should just use "kdelibs_2" instead of "kdelibs-2" as their
> basename. Then upset and setup will be happy -- and end users will be
> able to install both kdelibs_2 and kdelibs_3.
>
Thanks for this hint.
Ralf
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