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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 19:07:30 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: Prashant TR <tr AT eth DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [zippo-workers] Re: ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of GNU Make 3.79.1 uploaded
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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,

-- 
Richard Dawe
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