Re: [Caml-list] findlib-problem: packages seem to be there at many places

[oliver <oliver@first.in-berlin.de>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:02:20PM +0100, Robert Jakob wrote:
> 
> >ocamlfind ocamlc -package
> >pcre,netstring,netsys,netclient,curl,xml-light -c scriptparser.mli
> >findlib: [WARNING] Interface netstring_pcre.cmi occurs in several
> >directories: /usr/lib/ocaml/netstring, /usr/lib/ocaml/netstring-pcre
> >Any ideas where this can come from?
> Well, as it says, there are interface files with
> the same name in both /usr/lib/ocaml/netstring and
> /usr/lib/ocaml/netstring-pcre.
> 
> When I recall correctly, there was a version change
> in netstring which extracted the pcre part to an extra
> library.
> 
> Just a rough guess: it seams you have installed an old
> version of netstring (where pcre was still part of netstring)
> and a version of netstring-pce which was extracted.
> Possible solution: Install newer version of netstring?
[...]

I had installed a not-current and some days later the current
ocamlnet.
Even the old package should have been removed automatically,
that was not the case.

After removing the lib and reinstalling it, this problem vanished.
(It should never occur... the details are a an issue for philosophoical admins ;-))


Ciao,
   Oliver