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Applications / Re: Discussion about RPM/YUM and Libcn
« on: May 08, 2019, 10:51:09 pm »
Hi Dave,
The converse is also possible with the newer version breaking older programs - yes I know that those producing the new version can't test it against every program that uses it. That is why I have always tried to put everything a program needs to run in the directory of the program and run everything from there.
One possible workround would be to go the whole hog and use a program that makes a snapshot of the OS just as they do in Linux Mint, then if anything goes wrong everything can be restored to the previous working state.
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The problem with including any version of libc, including LIBCN is that in a year, after LIBCN has been updated, a user might download your package and downgrade LIBCN and break other packages that depend on new functionality
The converse is also possible with the newer version breaking older programs - yes I know that those producing the new version can't test it against every program that uses it. That is why I have always tried to put everything a program needs to run in the directory of the program and run everything from there.
One possible workround would be to go the whole hog and use a program that makes a snapshot of the OS just as they do in Linux Mint, then if anything goes wrong everything can be restored to the previous working state.