Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:39:23 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: jfieber@indiana.edu Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple versions of a ported item Message-ID: <199706240539.WAA04606@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970621093424.313C-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> (message from John Fieber on Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:43:32 -0500 (EST))
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* Most ports that I'm aware of are of the type where you typically * have one version installed. If an upgrade comes along, you * either remove the old version and install the new, or just lay * the new on top of the old. Even where distinct versions of a * port exist, eg netscape3 and netscape4, you can really can only * have one installed at a time. For most ports that's true, but for tcl/tk and tiff, we have gone to great lengths to make some versions coexist (relatively) peacefully. Please try it.... * I'm sort of leaning toward the latter because the former could * generate a lot of ports and the space demands of including all * versions isn't very big. I see that you all imported it as one port contains all versions. I agree with that. Satoshi
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