[repo-coord] Re: New tcl/tk RPM conflicts with Tk/Itcl apps

[Jeff Pitman]

Fedor:

Needs to be coordinated so I've forwarded this out.

On Monday 27 December 2004 22:59, Fedor Pikus wrote:
> I run FC1. I added PyVault to my sources.list, and apt-get
> dist-upgrade wants to install compat-tcl now, but after download it
> says there are conflicts with tcl-8.3, tk-8.3, and tix-8.3. Should
> not the new package obsolete the whole bunch?

Not really, since tcl = 8.4.5, tk = 8.4.5, and tix = 8.4.5 should 
Upgrade the previous versions.

> Interestingly, when I downloaded compat-tcl and tried installing
> Axel's new tcl and tk AND compat-tcl with one command,
> rpm -Uvh --test *rpm
> the only thing which was missing was /usr/bin/wish.

Axel's tcl/tk approach would then be different from mine.  Probably he's 
only packaging version-specific files like he did with atrpms' py2.4. 
Backwards compat* should never pkg files that aid in further 
development of that library branch (ie, /usr/bin/wish). But, the 
question is what about forward compat packages? 

My recommendation is how I did it in pyvault--move the packages forward 
instead of trying to play nice.  Then, provide backwards compat where 
necessary to prevent removal of pkg that you don't care to touch.

take care,
-- 
-jeff