Re: Install bug for gawk-${VERSION}

[Ken Moffat]

On 17 May 2002, Miles Bader wrote:

> Ken Moffat <address@hidden> writes:
> > I've noticed that after rebuilding gawk with dynamic linking we have
> > gawk-3.1.0 left as a statically linked file. The equivalent problem is
> > still there with gawk-3.1.1.
> > 
> >  The big question is, do you agree this is a bug, or is it a feature of
> > the way Linux From Scratch is presently installed ?
> 
> Um, this is a feature (and a common one for GNU programs) -- it means
> that you don't lose old versions when you install a new one.  You can
> easily remove the old version if you don't need it.
> 
> -Miles
> 

Ok, thanks.

Ken
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