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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:12:48
Message-Id: kdrj06$3ud$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Boost version problem by Alan McKinnon
1 On 24/01/13 17:05, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:53:48 +0100
3 > Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Hi all,
6 >>
7 >> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with boost-1.52.0-r5) and
8 >> Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs boost < 1.5
9 >> (so works with 1.49.0-r2).
10 >> Is it possible to install both 1.49 and 1.52 (in new slot) ?
11 >
12 > No.
13 >
14 > Boost IIRC used to be slotted, but not anymore. Like any other package,
15 > you get one and only one version at a time.
16 >
17 >> When i emerge boost-1.52, boots-1.49 in uninstalled and vice versa.
18 >
19 > So don't install boost-1.52 and take it out of world if you have it
20 > there.
21 >
22 > Portage will install boost-1.49.0-r2 for you and maintain the updates
23 > for you. You do not have to fiddle with it.
24
25 What if I need boost-1.52 for my own software I build?

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com>