[Slackbuilds-users] Protobuf3

[Andrzej Telszewski]

On 03/07/2020 14:51, Andrew Conway via SlackBuilds-users wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to install protobuf3 as a dependency but I have packages that 
> depend on the original protobuf and the README for protobuf3 says:
>
> "This package should NOT be installed alongside with protobuf.
>         Protobuf3 introduced API incompatibility and upstream will
>         continue to support protobuf version 2."
>
> Any ideas for how I might be able to have both present? I'm on an 
> up-to-date slackware-current install.
>
Would embedding _protobuf3_ within the package you prepare be a viable 
solution?
It's very often possible, but at times the cost is a lot of headache.

Something to think of, anyways.

Cheers!

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski