Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/07/30/14:18:46
Hello.
Prashant TR wrote:
>
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> >
> > I guess it doesn't really require zippo. I don't think anything bad
> > will happen. But zippo knows the dependencies (from the DSMs), so it
> > knows what order to install the packages in.
>
> I may have missed a few messages but I have some comments. Now, how
> would the order of installation matter? AFAIK, there isn't a package
> which requires to be installed in some *order*. Can you quote an
> example?
One example is that you should install g++ 2.95.2 after binutils 2.8.1.
The following is taken from gnu/gcc-2.952/problems.txt from the gcc 2.95.2
distribution:
"Q) gpp2952b.zip contains file cxxfilt.exe which has same name as
similar one from binutils package (bnu281b.zip)
A) It's recommended to keep newer file. As gcc-2.95.2 is newer than
binutils-2.8.1 than keep one from gcc-2.95.2."
Granted, this is a limited example. I don't think there are that many
order-related dependencies for DJGPP packages, but there are a few. If
anyone knows of any other order-related dependencies like this, please
send a message to the zippo-workers list.
Thanks, bye,
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Richard Dawe
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