port/firefox-1.0,1 : Proper method of having side-by-side libraries?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 10:53:32AM +0100, Leroy van Logchem wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Few days ago I port installed firefox-1.0,1 which didnt start because it 
> wanted to have .399 pango libaries while I have .600's.
> Just symlinking does work but what's the most proper method of handling 
> binaries which require other versions?
> 
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       22 Nov 11 10:56 libpangoxft-1.0.399 -> 
> libpangoxft-1.0.so.600
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       22 Nov 11 10:57 libpangoxft-1.0.so.399 
> -> libpangoxft-1.0.so.600
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       20 Nov 11 10:58 libpangox-1.0.so.399 -> 
> libpangox-1.0.so.600
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       19 Nov 11 10:59 libpango-1.0.so.399 -> 
> libpango-1.0.so.600
> 
> (Running 4.10-RELEASE-p3 running xfce-3.8)

Use an upgrade tool that preserves the old libraries when upgrading
(e.g. portupgrade)

"Just symlinking" will cause problems in some cases, because after all
the new library is not the same as the old, and is usually
incompatible in some way.

Kris
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