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 Windows Error #09: Mouse not found. Press mouse button to continue.
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