Re: Problem with recent changes for py-glib2-tools

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 14 Oct 2017, Patrick Welche wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 07:07:49PM +0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > I've got a need to install both a python-27 and python-36 verison of
> > py-glib2-tools but there's a PLIST conflict detected:
> >
> > ===> Installing binary package of py36-glib2-tools-2.54.1
> > pkg_add: Conflicting PLIST with py27-glib2-tools-2.54.1: bin/gdbus-codegen
> > pkg_add: 1 package addition failed
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> >
> > Shouldn't the package all both versions to co-exist?  (At least one other
> > package, py-expat, allows both versions.)
>
> I don't know how to do that: packages will try to call "gdbus-codegen", not
> some other binary name. Normally these are just required during build, i.e.,
> these are "just" build dependencies.
>
> Why do you need two versions?

Because packages that use gtk2+ need py27 (explicitly marked as being 
incompatable with py36), while other packages that use atk and pango are 
being built with py36.  I'd like to eventually move everything to py36 
but we're not there yet.

Dual-versions works for py-expat ...



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