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On Wednesday 08 Feb 2017 22:52:51 Bertram Scharpf wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have a running PostrgeSLQ 9.6 installed: |
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> # equery l postgresql |
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> * Searching for postgresql ... |
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> [I--] [??] dev-db/postgresql-9.6.0:9.6 |
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> Every time I try to do an upgrade, it wants to pull |
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> in the former PostgreSQL into an own slot: |
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> # emerge -avuDN @world |
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> ... |
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> Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> [ebuild NS ] dev-db/postgresql-9.5.5:9.5::gentoo [9.6.0:9.6::gentoo] |
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> USE="..." ... ... |
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> Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] |
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> How can I find out why this happens? |
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> Thanks in advance. |
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> Bertram |
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Postgresql is slotted. You can install more than one slot and run more than |
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one instance of either version, on the same server. If you do not want to |
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download previous versions, you will need to mask them (in |
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/etc/portage/package.mask or a named file within that). |
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Regards, |
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Mick |