[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release libqwt-6.0.1-2.mga3

[Barry Jackson]

On 20/11/12 22:11, zezinho wrote:
> Em 20-11-2012 18:16, Nicolas Lécureuil escreveu:
>> Le mardi 20 novembre 2012 17:13:14 Barry Jackson a écrit :
>>> Also, to quote library policy:
>>> "The goal is to be able to install libfoo1 and libfoo2 on the same
>>> system."
>>>
>>> [root at jackodesktop baz]# urpmi lib64qwt6
>>> installing lib64qwt6-6.0.1-4.mga3.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
>>> Preparing...
>>> ############################################################################
>>>
>>> ############## Installation failed:    file
>>> /usr/lib64/qt4/plugins/designer/libqwt_designer_plugin.so from install
>>> of lib64qwt6-6.0.1-4.mga3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>>> lib64qwt5-5.2.2-4.mga3.x86_64
>>
>> because those files have nothing to do in a versionned libs. =>
>> Packaging
>> errors.
>
> Where should they be? For now, I have removed this file from libqwt5 to
> allow installing both in the same system.
>
> Should I create a sub package named qwt-designer-plugin ?
>
As I see it this would not work as the sub-package would need to be in 
both packages thus causing another conflict. I suspect there is no 
difference between the two plugin builds so maybe one separate plugin 
package built using the latest tarball, but I really don't know - maybe 
ask upstream ?