From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 41672E00563; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:20:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.204.86 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp486.redcondor.net (smtp486.redcondor.net [208.80.204.86]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C045CE0054C for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp486.redcondor.net ({6695537a-536a-45f9-a249-877c85428649}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140806162046224 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:20:46 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=55924 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XF3xB-00048B-3z; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:20:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:20:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Paul Eggleton In-Reply-To: <2384884.X0kGjS6PL9@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <41DEA4B02DBDEF40A0F3B6D0DDB1237983FD3136@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <2384884.X0kGjS6PL9@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: question about installing multiple versions of a single library X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:20:53 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Paul Eggleton wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Monday 04 August 2014 05:29:45 Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca] > > >Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:05 AM > > >To: Rifenbark, Scott M > > >Subject: question about installing multiple versions of a single library > > > > > > sorry for the interruption, i'm reading dev manual here: > > >http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-> >manual.html#installing-multiple-versions-of-the-same-library > > > > > >and the example used (clutter) doesn't even exist in oe-core with those > > >version numbers, i was looking for another example that actually exists, > > >didn't immediately see one. > > > > > > more to the point, the version numbers used in those clutter recipe files > > > look> > > >weird: > > > clutter-1.6_1.6.20.bb > > > clutter-1.8_1.8.4.bb > > > > > >i'm not used to seeing recipe files that appear to combine a > > >higher version number *and* what looks like a minor version > > >number upgrade as well. do you know what's going on there? maybe > > >that's not the best example for trying to explain this topic. > > The specific versions of clutter may no longer exist in the > metadata, but we do still use this scheme for clutter recipes and > others (gstreamer comes to mind). The point is you change PN to be > version-specific - you have clutter-1.6 and clutter-1.8, such that > you can depend on the specific version where needed. ah, i see ... the software name is not simply "clutter", it is "clutter-1.6" or "clutter-1.8". got it. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================