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Stanislav Brabec <utx@g.o> wrote: |
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> Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:44:41 +0100 |
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>> Stanislav Brabec <utx@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > You can have installed two packages using two SLOTs in one time. |
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>> Hmmm... not the same version of two packages afaik, at least not |
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>> cleanly: the second installation would overwrite the db entry of the |
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>> first one, making portage forget half of the files, no? |
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> Portage does not forget anything (even in case all files are in the same |
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> SLOT). Only filesystem "forgets" old file overwritten by new one. |
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> So there is a basic condition for non-conflicting packages and seamless |
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> SLOTs: There must not be no files owned by both files or SLOTs. (This |
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> should be stated somewhere in ebuild howto.) |
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This would be easy enough to implement for Tcl/Tk. However, as the |
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consensus seems to be that SLOT-ing Tcl/Tk is a bad idea, I won't |
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bother. |
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-Eamon |
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