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* Jean-Francois Gagnon Laporte <kioshen@×××××.com> schrieb: |
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> On 8/7/06, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> >* Simon Stelling <blubb@g.o> schrieb: |
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> >> You've already been told it's a non-issue, but here's why: |
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> >> |
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> >> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/slotting/index.html |
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> >Oh hell, this can't be serious ! |
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> Yes it is and it's been in use for a Long Time Now(tm). It's not |
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> quite perfect but at least it's usable. |
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In the current case, it's nothing more than an ugly hack for |
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articially created non-problem. Just like the German Orthography |
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reform ;-P |
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<snip> |
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> "This is useful for libraries which may have changed interfaces |
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> between versions ? for example, the gtk+ package can install both |
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> versions 1.2 and 2.6 in parallel." |
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The assumption is wrong, gtk1 and gtk2 are incompatible versions |
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of one library. They are completely different libraries, where |
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one originally had been forked off the other one. Now they look |
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similar, but are in no ways equal. |
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<snip> |
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> >For example, there are lots of packages requiring gtk1, other |
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> >gtk2. As long as dependencies don't cope the slot cleanly, |
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> >slotting is utterly useless. |
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> Ebuilds just have to depend upon =gtk-1.2* fex. Can I ask where |
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> did you find a case where portage didn't handle it cleanly ? |
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Great, we need multiple dimensions (slots, upper version limit) |
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to solve an artificial problem, which shouldn't exist at all. |
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> Also, file a bug on it if possible ? |
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Yes, I'll file a bug on the whole gtk issue and all packages |
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using this ugly hacks. |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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