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On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 11:51:33PM +0000, C. Brewer wrote: |
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> I recently noticed I have 5 versions of db installed now (~x86), and |
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> my question is this: since qpkg is lying to me and says I need them |
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> all and the ebuilds say different, what versions are actually required |
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> now, and is there any chance that we'll get to just one in the |
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> future?:) |
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It's highly unlikely that we will get the point where we will need only |
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one. |
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I don't know where you get five versions however, this is what most |
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machines will end up with over time (these are also the 4 slots): |
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sys-libs/db-1* |
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sys-libs/db-3* |
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sys-libs/db-4.0* |
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sys-libs/db-4.1* |
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The reasoning behind this is repeated API changes have lead programs to |
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specificly link against some version, or come up with fancy macros |
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(which break often) to try and work with lots of them. |
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The major problem with the API changes is changes in the order and |
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number of parameters of some function calls. |
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There are programs in portage that specificly look for all of |
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those slotted variants. |
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