Re: Windows and DLLs

[Tim Moore <tmoore tembel org>]

Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
> I think the problem here is when RPM gets involved.  People doing "RPM -uvh
> *.rpm" will tend to lose all of the older minor versions of a library,
> causing all of their old apps to fail to function (as many of mine have).
> 
> This is a problem that had better be resolved before things start being
> distributed with the purpose of giving them to end-users (which GNOME is
> still not really ready for, IMO).

Not true. If an app relies on a library to run, rpm doesn't normally let
you uninstall it (including upgrading it). It will let you have both
versions installed at the same time.

Tim