Re: [gentoo-dev] Dynamic SLOTs

[Jason Stubbs]

On Friday 06 August 2004 12:10, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 August 2004 10:28 am, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> > As for gcc slotting the cross-compiler, I don't think it's necessary nor
> > has any bareing on cross-compilation. Having gcc respond to architecture
> > USE flags (prepended with cc- if necessary) and building the
> > cross-compilers in the same merge would work, no? No files get lost track
> > of, all the compilers are upgraded on an emerge --update and, best yet,
> > it's possible to do right now. Am I missing something here? Is there some
> > reason that the gcc ebuilds couldn't work in that way? Same question re
> > mod_php and mod_scgi.
>
> doesnt work that way ... portage goes 'uh oh, packages with the same $SLOT
> in the same $ROOT, lets clean out the old one !'

Well, duh.. That's what I am suggesting should be fixed. All this 
cross-compiling talk is a side-track. However, Travis Tilley (Lv) clued me in 
anyway. For cross compilers, mod_php, et al the user may want the different 
instances merged with different use flags.

> cross compiling toolchains need to be in ROOT=/ while the cross compiled
> packages need to go in ROOT=/some/where/else

I've also said this myself elsewhere in this thread.

Regards,
Jason Stubbs

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