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From: joachim.fasting@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "slotting" openoffice 2.0
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:06:19
Message-Id: 20051016135755.GA7345@box
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] "slotting" openoffice 2.0 by Iain Buchanan
1 Why not just use quickpkg from gentoolkit and make a backup of the installed
2 version of openoffice before installing the new one?
3 Doing so enables you to revert the change easily without any ebuild hacking.
4
5 On 22:37 Sun 16 Oct , Iain Buchanan skrev:
6 > I want to try out openoffice 2.0, but I still want 1.x around just in
7 > case (I use it quite regularly).
8 >
9 > Can I "slot" 2.0? Is it as simple as the handbook says (ie, just add
10 > the SLOT variable to the ebuild) provided of course I use the portage
11 > overlay...
12 >
13 > Or is it more complicated, ie overwriting each others files, etc.?
14 >
15 > any help would be appreciated! thanks,
16 > --
17 > Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
18 >
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