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On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:51:58AM -0800, Spundun Bhatt wrote: |
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> Hi |
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> when I do emerge -u evolution -p |
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> I get in the list (among other items) |
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> [ebuild UD] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-1.0.5-r3 [2.0.4.1-r1] |
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> What does the letter D in the [ ] box mean? And why is the package nuber |
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> showing earlier release? |
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> If I should RTFM then which manual? (link will be really appreciated) |
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> Thanx a lot |
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> Spundun |
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You are right that D means downgrade. I think what you are seeing here |
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is that evolution depends on the gnome 1 version of gnome-vfs, and it is |
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going to install that, and you have the gnome2 version installed (hence |
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the downgrade). |
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*however* in this it's not actually downgrading, as gnome-vfs has SLOTs, |
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so multiple versions can co-exist. Therefor you're not actually |
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downgrading, but are getting another version. |
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Maybe an idea for another feature for portage would be to check for the |
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SLOT variable and use a different letter instead of D. Maybe "P"arallel |
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install, or "A"dditional package? |
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(ccing to gentoo-dev) |
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alan |
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