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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dependecy problem: PortgreSQL twice
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:34:08
Message-Id: 28053711.ZXNLPyLgm1@dell_xps
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Dependecy problem: PortgreSQL twice by Bertram Scharpf
1 On Wednesday 08 Feb 2017 22:52:51 Bertram Scharpf wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I have a running PostrgeSLQ 9.6 installed:
5 >
6 > # equery l postgresql
7 > * Searching for postgresql ...
8 > [I--] [??] dev-db/postgresql-9.6.0:9.6
9 >
10 > Every time I try to do an upgrade, it wants to pull
11 > in the former PostgreSQL into an own slot:
12 >
13 > # emerge -avuDN @world
14 > ...
15 > Calculating dependencies... done!
16 > [ebuild NS ] dev-db/postgresql-9.5.5:9.5::gentoo [9.6.0:9.6::gentoo]
17 > USE="..." ... ...
18 > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]
19 >
20 > How can I find out why this happens?
21 >
22 > Thanks in advance.
23 >
24 > Bertram
25
26 Postgresql is slotted. You can install more than one slot and run more than
27 one instance of either version, on the same server. If you do not want to
28 download previous versions, you will need to mask them (in
29 /etc/portage/package.mask or a named file within that).
30 --
31 Regards,
32 Mick

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