http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=933809
Atri Bhattacharya
I am not sure I understand -- you mean you now rely on entire system to have the newest software in order to some package to work?
Now? It was ever supported?
Of course. I am surprised you are surprised :-), and that this is "a problem". I see package ABC 2.1 requiring package DEF 4.0.8 (or later) all the time. I don't track history of rpm, but it is supported for as long as I remember as well.
Not for libraries unless they explicitly require versioned deps themselves, see Dominique's response.
Approach "to make ABC 2.1 work please update _all_ installed software" I see for the very first time.
Official updates (and btw, distro upgrade 13.1 -> 13.2 too) are only supported assuming one installs all previous updates. If you lock arbitrary packages or pick and choose single updates, you are on your own. You probably wouldn't run into something "unfixable", as you just found out, but it is something you will have to fix by yourself. And before the discussion devolves into policy issues... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.