Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2 and 3.5

[Neil Bothwick]

On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:23:11 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> Note that you can put slotted packages in the world file.  For example
> if all you have in there is "kde-base/kdelibs" and you remove it,
> depclean will remove both KDE3 and well as KDE4 libs.  Simply put
> "kde-base/kdelibs:3.5" in the world file.  depclean will not remove the
> 3.5.x versions that way.  Personally, I keep the 3.5 slots and an
> unslotted version:
>
>    kde-base/kdelibs
>    kde-base/kdelibs:3.5
>
> This will provide easy updates to future 4.x versions but will not mess
> with 3.5.
>
> I find that having a clean world file makes package management in
> Gentoo a lot easier :)

This is much easier if you have portage 2.2 as you can put all the kde 3.5
stuff in a set instead of cluttering up world.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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