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From: Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:21:19
Message-Id: 1340461223.21515.39.camel@daedalus.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On L, 2012-06-23 at 15:10 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:06:58 -0400
3 > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
4 > > > I don't quite understand why this would be necessary.
5 > > >
6 > > > Would "funky-slots" just be used in situations where ebuilds with
7 > > > the same PV but different PVR have different slots?
8 > > >
9 > > > Taking the gtk2/gtk3 example, I think the -r200/-r300 thing is only
10 > > > used in libraries; applications use slot deps to select which one
11 > > > they need. Paludis should not remove the -r200 version if it is
12 > > > still referenced in the depgraph, correct?
13 > >
14 > > Or maybe you are saying that Paludis will not automatically install a
15 > > new slot for a package that is already installed, even when referenced
16 > > by a slot dep?
17 >
18 > The 'standard' behaviour (which can be changed by the user) for Paludis
19 > when doing "complete" resolutions is that whenever there's a slot of
20 > something installed, it will try to bring in the newest version of that
21 > package, even if it's in a different slot. This is generally a good
22 > thing, since newer versions are supposed to be better than older
23 > versions. The problem is that now "newer" versions are being used to
24 > mean "with a different Ruby implementation" or "built in a different
25 > way", which screws up the meaning.
26
27 Don't do that if the slotted package in question is not in the @world,
28 and all packages depending on it strictly require the older SLOT.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>