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On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:23:00 Denis wrote: |
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> Why are there multiple versions of java-config, autoconf, and |
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> automake shown on my system? |
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They are incompatible, slotted, and each slot is individually required (or was |
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at some time). |
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> There could be other multi-version |
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> packages... Is this normal for portage that is configured to |
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> autoclean? |
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Yes. Autoclean doesn't uninstall versions in a different slot. I'm not sure |
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about depclean. |
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> If so, I find it rather interesting that packages would |
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> depend on so many different versions of automake, for instance! |
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HA. autohell is that way because there's little backward or forward |
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compatibility. (Well, that and m4.) |
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