Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2 version-different libs in the same time

[Frank Schwidom <schwidom@gmx.net>]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:48:26AM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Frank Schwidom <schwidom@gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > The current Version is '=readline-5*'. the only thing, i want to do
> > next, is to update portage, but portage wants to get a new python and
> > python a new readline(-6). My Problem is, to install a new readline (-6)
> > parallel to the old (-5).
> >
> > Would it help, to change the SLOT Variable in the ebuild files, or
> >  is there any option or Variable to override the slot settings?
> >
> 
> Try running this by itself:
> 
> emerge -1 sys-libs/readline:0 sys-libs/readline:5
> 
> That should upgrade readline-5.2_p12 to readline-6.2_p1 with SLOT=0,
> and then install readline-5.4_p14 with SLOT=5.
> 
> You can then run your larger update, which should no longer produce
> slot conflicts.
> 

Thanks, it worked.