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[Morse]

i tried to upgrade my system (gentoo), and discovered that i can't emerge new version of crypto++ (5.6.0) because of this line in amule ebuild

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DEPEND="<...>
        =dev-libs/crypto++-5.5*
        <...>

is there some reason in not allowing more recent versions of this library, or just ebuild author was a moron?

[Stu Redman]

5.6.0 is causing problems on many platforms. 5.5.2 is usually the better choice.

[Morse]

causing problems with amule, or causing problems by itself?

Because if amule itself makes no difference between 5.6* and 5.5*, it must NOT be the business of amule's ebuild to prevent me from installing some package (even unstable).

[Stu Redman]

Is this ebuild file part of our package or does it come with gentoo?
If it comes with gentoo, complain with them. If it's part of amule, well, I doubt a moron can help you. 

[Morse]

of course it's part of gentoo, and of course i'm going to complain with them. i just wanted to be sure that there is no technical restrictions in amule using crypto 5.6.0, i.e. that that restriction was thought up by ebuild maintainer.

[GonoszTopi]

i just wanted to be sure that there is no technical restrictions in amule using crypto 5.6.0

aMule compiles and works fine with 5.6.0. There aren't any such restrictions.