Re: [gentoo-user] portage: multiple versions of same package

Edward Catmur wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 16:16 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I am trying to build a package called sipXphone. It requires >>glib-2.4.2, but most of my current packages require glib-2.6.3 (the >>latest version). > > > "requires" glib-2.4.2 sounds unlikely. Presumabl

Re: [gentoo-user] portage: multiple versions of same package

Edward -- I am trying to build a package called sipXphone. It requires glib-2.4.2, but most of my current packages require glib-2.6.3 (the latest version). One would think that the versioning would be backwards compatible but this is not the case. The technique I described below doesn't wor

[gentoo-user] portage: multiple versions of same package

Hi, I am trying to install two different versions of the same package. I think the SLOTS mechanism of portage can handle this, but I get the feeling that this feature is only exposed to developers, and not to a user. I tried following the advice given here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Installing_S