From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Federico Beffa Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:46:43 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410799640 28272 80.91.229.3 (15 Sep 2014 16:47:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:47:20 +0000 (UTC) To: chris@cvine.freeserve.co.uk, guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 15 18:47:13 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XTZQg-0001cL-65 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:47:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32975 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTZQf-0002pZ-LK for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51930) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTZQR-0002nz-JC for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:46:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTZQK-0000QY-SP for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a]:41505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTZQK-0000QO-L7 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:46:44 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-la0-f42.google.com with SMTP id hz20so5123026lab.1 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:46:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ADSnJjDiiHnvwv2YiW0vyfdQvQcOvFTRIJVwCl+tUMM=; b=RxE2Wu13Tu8gkFKK6SmvnBBIk/YL38u01U62hTGDtmJjHjfvjzDnntHlUU7zHVza7p 7L1zKV3bRR40cIxUtA8+99f+9XJu0XhaORWICB2SoUV6CDu7o/k3tw89w8MFZXqCq0vF ozk7iG5JaaJ0viNpvUEeb9wsOAgibxyvIPdUlLySpyv1IUHKfRWcvzwnWSJ5zf/frhC/ wMAj5WSvibMMMvqVNa8X1gJ/zpqU7Nb3hP3E7A9TR9Zp+m1o3A9g7QO4aZ0tWPMZwpui 0G9cgRRLr+ZaF3o7kMvoHBPNkjcY1mBlApQZ0VuYeoPfEdZtBdVk7ZZKQSF4B0nnWNAK fqEA== X-Received: by 10.152.27.200 with SMTP id v8mr30126555lag.53.1410799603223; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:46:43 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.26.101 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:46:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: MPUN47npl2mkOrwz2cy7xV5FYCA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:11513 Archived-At: Chris Vine writes: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:46:07 +0200 > Federico Beffa wrote: > [snip] >> Your guess is correct: The distribution that I'm using (Debian wheezy) >> ships 2.0.5 as the newest guile version and I need to keep it to >> satisfy dependencies of other distribution supplied packages. >> However, I would like to experiment with a newer version of guile. I >> will then follow your advice and install it in a different directory. > > Surely dependency requirements would be satisfied by a later library > version with the same so name? I should read up the documentation on > dpkg. > As far as I inderstand the Debian package manager mantains a package database. This is the place where it looks for installed packages. So, if I have a newer version of guile which is not installed through the package manager, the package manager will not know about it. Regards, Fede