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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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> > 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 quite |
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perfect but at least it's usable. |
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> It mixes up diffent things to one and just introduces new |
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> problems instead of solving anything. I could live with that, |
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> if it's for supporting different ABIs, but it obviously isn't. |
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> gtk1 and gtk2 are completely different packages, they're not |
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> compatible. So why should they be one package ? Just because |
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> they share some ideas and the name ?! |
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You might want to look at gcc, php, qt, apache and a couple of others |
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then. Dare I quote the devmanual : |
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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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> 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 did |
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you find a case where portage didn't handle it cleanly ? Also, file a |
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bug on it if possible ? |
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