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On Wednesday 10 March 2010 15:50:33 Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I currently have 3 versions of automake installed (1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r3, |
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> and 1.10.2). |
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> emerge -pvuDN world shows an update available for each one, but, my |
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> question is, do I need all 3 versions? |
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Assuming you do not have those versions in world, the answer is: |
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yes |
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> 'equery depends automake' shows 44 packages, all depending on 1.10* or |
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> higher. |
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try running equery depends on a specific version or a SLOT. |
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equery lies through it's teeth. basically, it does a giant grep and tries to |
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format the output sensibly. Oftentimes, it doesn't succeed in the "sensibly" |
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department |
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> So, can I safely emerge -C the other 2 versions? Should I (does it even |
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> matter)? |
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No. The next emerge world will simply pull them back in. But they are build |
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depends so stuff won't stop working |
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You're first step though is to check for a dodgy world file with cruft in it. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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