From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 316211381F3 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:37:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 81068E0D0E; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f175.google.com (mail-ve0-f175.google.com [209.85.128.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F2A2E0CF2 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f175.google.com with SMTP id jy13so7490112veb.34 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:37:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+A8uAB5UWPlErUHHKjyElPxxiOPhSreqWYERwQ3en1Q=; b=KrfdJXhZt7BCNccuKOqpE4AUBEcL/luPWK8fkSW1FfpGhKPdUVnwrOhNnXter9ucBN FQTJcmHnK0FH5sZAsRi1WXhbByB8xUUkD7BPpo/VRMG2EAJnzUgQKSvJ39p9E/+T78P8 o74JsAShpmINzwE7juMITHDEMsmFpH3Ma90MhxLZIP9rEE+oS1XmIRV73cP66DhYLvZy vj4A1xGa+Z8iBTF1YuC6NlP/xCkmIb8//2SbEF3rBl6xywOeLVKFJAovneEIjM+vGHJO wl5Ea7KK9Z3f+He7zdgPl5NC/9FhMUx4kvNnetw/nreiBn2I1sLsOnt0rhRv/PpzBjrU 0tcw== X-Received: by 10.52.227.6 with SMTP id rw6mr3173555vdc.19.1379641048569; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:37:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-148-213.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.148.213]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bi17sm6181271vdc.0.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <523BA6D3.2030300@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:37:23 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0 SeaMonkey/2.20 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: duplicated packages References: <523B495A.8010706@gmail.com> <523B5593.8000907@gmail.com> <523B57DB.3000706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <523B57DB.3000706@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a2067e8e-150a-4b96-9b35-c4b90900d482 X-Archives-Hash: 40dd6bcc71242969a2fe0f4414203d21 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On 09/19/2013 10:50 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 19/09/2013 20:58, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> Is having duplicate packages a good or a bad thing in gentoo? I'm clear >>> about having duplicate packages for the kernel. I'm using the more >>> recent one, but hanging on to the old one just in case. >>> >>> Perhaps, the reason for having duplicate packages is the fact that >>> various packages I have installed on the system may require a different >>> version of a package I may already have installed. Is that it? >>> >>> _box0=; equery list --duplicates '*' >>> * Searching for * ... >>> [IP-] [ ] app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.1.2-r6:4.1.2 >>> [IP-] [ ] app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.4-r2:4.4 >>> [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 >>> [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.2.5-r2:3.2 >>> [IP-] [ ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8y:0.9.8 >>> [IP-] [ ] dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1e-r1:0 >>> [IP-] [ ] media-libs/lcms-1.19:0 >>> [IP-] [ ] media-libs/lcms-2.3:2 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/autoconf-2.13:2.1 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/autoconf-2.69:2.5 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/automake-1.10.3:1.10 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/automake-1.12.6:1.12 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/automake-1.13.4:1.13 >>> [IP-] [M ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.13:3.8.13 >>> [IP-] [ ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.7:3.10.7 >>> [IP-] [ ] virtual/libusb-0:0 >>> [IP-] [ ] virtual/libusb-1:1 >>> [IP-] [ ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.17:2 >>> [IP-] [ ] x11-libs/gtk+-3.4.4:3 >>> [IP-] [ ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-xfce-3.0.1-r200:0 >>> [IP-] [ ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-xfce-3.0.1-r300:3 >>> _ >>> Thanks. >>> >> >> They are not duplicates they are called SLOTS >> >> And you have them for a reason - one thing needs package A version X, >> something else needs package A version Y. Usually, you can have only >> one, SLOTS let you have more than one that can co-exist. >> >> Don't worry about them, let them be. You need them. >> >> >> > No worries. > > Thanks. > > > As a example, if you were to remove python2.7, its been nice knowing you. lol There is no telling what all that would break and that is just one package. I get a shiver up my spine just thinking about it. It's always good to ask about this sort of thing. The 20/20 rear view mirror view can bite. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!