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On 05/04/2011 11:47 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have 3 versions of x11-libs/gtk+ in slots 1, 2 and 3. |
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Do you still have gtk+-1.2.10 on your machine? Does anything still |
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depend on it? I removed it years ago. |
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> Some applications cannot be compiled with gtk+:3 . |
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> Is there a way to temporarily switch to gtk+:2 (which probably |
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> needs to switch related packages like atk and pango, as well) ? |
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Libraries (which is what gtk+ mostly contains) are different from |
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executable programs like gcc or python. When executable files are |
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involved, then generally *you* are the one who decides which version |
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to run (or you use eselect or gcc-config to decide). |
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Generally speaking, the author of a program is the one who decides |
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which versions of libraries (like gtk+) to use when compiling his/her |
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software. |
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When you compile a program, there is usually a 'configure' script |
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supplied by the author that runs around your machine discovering |
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which versions of what software you have installed on your machine, |
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and it complains if your versions are inappropriate for the program. |
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That is, if a package needs gtk+:2 the configure script will find |
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it and use it without your permission :) If your package can't |
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find the right libraries even when you have them installed, then |
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that's a bug in the package/ebuild. |
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