From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA95A1396D0 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 13:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BFF0E0CA7; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 13:57:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC12EE0844 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 13:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1do8vB-0007EY-1L for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 13:57:13 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ruby - 3 versions - seriously???? Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:57:12 +0100 Message-ID: <2406373.H3h1pXa76s@peak> In-Reply-To: <7b8d7e5b-51d5-2bc2-e1be-e4c9e5510bda@wht.com.au> References: <7b8d7e5b-51d5-2bc2-e1be-e4c9e5510bda@wht.com.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost03a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 257321cd-8d13-42f6-80c2-15215dffe5ed X-Archives-Hash: 39e2f525bc0724bd181eb46148fb84fe On Saturday, 2 September 2017 14:33:31 BST Andrew Lowe wrote: > I'm in the process of doing a world update and due to a failed compile, > I have cause to look up through the list of stuff to compile/update. > Imagine my surprise when I saw there were three versions of Ruby wanting > to update: > > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/ruby-2.4.1-r4 [2.4.1-r3] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/ruby-2.3.4-r4 [2.3.4-r3] > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/ruby-2.2.7-r4 [2.2.7-r3] > > Have I managed to stuff up something on my machine or is this really the > case, there has to be three versions? And to make matters worse, they > are not big version jumps, + 0.1 -> 2.2, 2.3 & 2.4. > > I would prefer to get rid of Ruby, but, if memory serves me correctly, > someone associated with the kernel decided it would be a good idea to > use yet another language for something, obviously Python wasn't good > enough.... > > Thoughts on the magically multiplying Rubies would be greatly > appreciated, > > Andrew Won't portage let you remove any of them? On my system only qtwebkit and webkit-gtk need ruby, and they seem happy to accept version 2.2.6. Nothing apparently to do with the kernel. -- Regards, Peter.