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On 2020.05.10 02:54, Ashley Dixon wrote: |
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> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 08:49:14AM +0200, tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > Is it possible to install the older version of boost somehow "in |
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> > parallel" withouth screwing up the rest of the system? |
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> Gentoo calls this "slotting", in which multiple versions of a |
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> dependency package |
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> can be installed simultaneously. To quote [1], |
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> This is useful for libraries which may have changed |
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> interfaces between |
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> versions - for example, the gtk+ package can install both |
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> versions 2.24 |
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> and 3.6 in parallel. This feature is called slotting. |
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> [1] https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/slotting/ |
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That doesn't help here, since boost is not slotted. |
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