Re: Info on *.WPI archives

From	Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.ecomstation, comp.os.os2.misc
Subject	Re: Info on *.WPI archives
Date	2017-06-17 14:46 +0000
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On 16 Jun 2017 16:06:54 GMT, PaulRS <prschmi@Zfrontier.com> wrote:

> My basic question: Can I install a newer "gcc4core-1_3_1.wpi"  OVER 
> the older "gcc4core-1_3_0.wpi"

Generally "yes". You'd certainly expect to be able to do so
for a minor version number change.
But some people are weird and do massive changes with nothing
to indicate such in the number.

> or does there need to be a an  "uninstall"  THEN "install?"

An uninstall/reinstall is always going to work but then you
might lose things you had subsequently set up e.g. shadows of
objects created by the package.

> What is the "rule" for this in  *.wpi  archives?

There isn't a "rule". It depends on what the packager author
decided.

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Info on *.WPI archives "PaulRS" <prschmi@Zfrontier.com> - 2017-06-16 16:06 +0000
  Re: Info on *.WPI archives Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2017-06-16 19:06 +0200
  Re: Info on *.WPI archives Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2017-06-17 14:46 +0000
  Re: Info on *.WPI archives (Thanks) "PaulRS" <prschmi@Zfrontier.com> - 2017-06-19 18:07 +0000
    Re: Info on *.WPI archives (Thanks) Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2017-06-20 22:14 -0700

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