In article <19990306235709.12057.qmail@nelgin.nu>,
	nigel@nelgin.nu writes:
> When doing a make of the kde package, if png-1.0.3 isn't installed then
> it is compiled, but installation fails if png-1.0.2 is already installed
> (in the case of ghostview)

This is the normal behaviour in this case.

> It would be better if packages checked to make sure an earlier version
> exists and if so prompt the user to de-install (if possible) or
> install with FORCE_PKG_REGISTER set true.

It does exactly that. If it tries to install "png-1.0.3" it tells you
to remove "png-1.0.2" first.

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.owl.de/~tron/