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eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 4,097

Re: [SOLVED] Not sure where is the bug: libidn and lib32-libidn

Note that downgrading that package would break everything else that uses it. Very bad idea, and partial updates are not supported.

Is there a better solution, then? 

We are newbies, so need some guidance here. I need libidn.so.11 to run a 3rd party, propriety 3d app. so not as if I can build against a newer version of libidn.

Is the better solution to put the older version of the package somewhere else and create a link between it and the application; e.g. use LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

cheers,
-n

This was already answered.

Create a PKGBUILD which provides only libidn.so.11 - random example.

I was just about to link to tons of compat examples, when I see: libidn-133-compat.

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triangle_soup

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Registered: 2018-09-17

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Not sure where is the bug: libidn and lib32-libidn

brebs gave you the correct solution all the way back in post #15

Got it. Thanks. I stupidly skipped over that post after reading 'tons of compat examples'.

cheers,
-n

triangle_soup

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Registered: 2018-09-17

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Not sure where is the bug: libidn and lib32-libidn

nm

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