<div dir="auto">Thanks, that hadn't crossed my mind but I think that's my best option.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 4 Jul 2020, 19:45 Andrzej Telszewski, <<a href="mailto:atelszewski@gmail.com">atelszewski@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 03/07/2020 14:51, Andrew Conway via SlackBuilds-users wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> I need to install protobuf3 as a dependency but I have packages that <br>
> depend on the original protobuf and the README for protobuf3 says:<br>
><br>
> "This package should NOT be installed alongside with protobuf.<br>
> Protobuf3 introduced API incompatibility and upstream will<br>
> continue to support protobuf version 2."<br>
><br>
> Any ideas for how I might be able to have both present? I'm on an <br>
> up-to-date slackware-current install.<br>
><br>
Would embedding _protobuf3_ within the package you prepare be a viable <br>
solution?<br>
It's very often possible, but at times the cost is a lot of headache.<br>
<br>
Something to think of, anyways.<br>
<br>
Cheers!<br>
<br>
--<br>
Best regards,<br>
Andrzej Telszewski<br>
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