[RFC] cygport: PKG_OBSOLETES

[Corinna Vinschen]

Warren, Ping?

On Jul 23 14:11, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2013-07-23 04:06, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jul 23 00:02, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> [...]
> >Btw., did you create the 64 bit expat packages or did Warren?  The
> >history isn't visible, unfortunately.  I'd like to see a solution for
> >the libexpat-devel vs/ libexpat1-devel problem.
> 
> I built 2.1.0-1 during the bootstrap stage; 2.1.0-2 must be Warren's.
> 
> But libexpat1-devel is a BAD choice of name, as it would collide
> with a future -devel corresponding to libexpat2 should the ABI
> change again.  I wish we had some policies in this regard, but IMO
> the proper fix is revert this to libexpat-devel.

See also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-07/msg00213.html
and followup.  We need to get rid of either the libexpat-devel
dependencies or the libexpat1-devel dependencies.


Corinna

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