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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slotted package - how to switch
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:18:19
Message-Id: 200911121317.14057.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] slotted package - how to switch by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Thursday 12 November 2009 13:05:29 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Sorry if this is FAQ but I couldn't find the answer.
3 > E.g. I have to versions of dev-libs/libusb installed, one in slot 0 and
4 > the other one in slot 1.
5 > For testing purposes I'd like to make the slot-0 version 'effective'.
6 > How can I do that (other than unmerging the slot-1 version)
7 > ASAIK, eselect cannot do this.
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10 Why do you want to do that? The package contains only libs, and apps that link
11 to it already know which on they want.
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13 I suppose you could tinker with LDPATH but I think there's a basic
14 misunderstanding of what the package is
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17 --
18 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] slotted package - how to switch Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>