Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: openssl-0.9.8e-1, openssl-devel-0.9.8e-1

[Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
> > I have both openssl 0.9.8 and 0.9.7 installed. How can I find out what
> > is using 097 and get rid of it if I don't need it anymore?
>
> Based on Corinna's comment, it's fair to assume that if you have this
> package, it is because you have one of the following situations:
>
>   2. You had a package that used it but didn't get uninstalled
>      properly for some reason, leaving around openssl097.

Shouldn't that be:

  2. You had a package that used it at one point.

??

I wouldn't expect the installer to remove a legacy package A if, after 
installing B which depends on A, you then upgrade B so that it no longer 
needs A. How would it know that you didn't meanwhile build something 
that uses A?

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