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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:11:45 +0200 |
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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 24/01/13 17:05, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:53:48 +0100 |
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> > Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Hi all, |
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> >> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with boost-1.52.0-r5) |
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> >> and Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs |
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> >> boost < 1.5 (so works with 1.49.0-r2). |
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> >> Is it possible to install both 1.49 and 1.52 (in new slot) ? |
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> > No. |
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> > Boost IIRC used to be slotted, but not anymore. Like any other |
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> > package, you get one and only one version at a time. |
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> >> When i emerge boost-1.52, boots-1.49 in uninstalled and vice versa. |
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> > So don't install boost-1.52 and take it out of world if you have it |
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> > there. |
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> > Portage will install boost-1.49.0-r2 for you and maintain the |
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> > updates for you. You do not have to fiddle with it. |
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> What if I need boost-1.52 for my own software I build? |
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Then you are up the creek without a paddle :-) |
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In that case Jacques would have to forego Nightshade LSS as the deps |
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cannot be resolved. But he didn't say he needs boost-1.52 for his own |
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software, he actually implied the opposite by explicitly saying that a |
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certain given version in portage satisfies two packages that depend on |
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boost. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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