2013/1/24 Jacques Montier <jmontier@gmail.com>:

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> 2013/1/24 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>
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>> On 24/01/13 17:05, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:53:48 +0100
>>> Jacques Montier <jmontier@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with boost-1.52.0-r5) and
>>>> Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs boost < 1.5
>>>> (so works with 1.49.0-r2).
>>>> Is it possible to install both 1.49 and 1.52 (in new slot) ?

update Nightshade to work with boost 1.52 is the only way to go.

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>>> No.
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>>> Boost IIRC used to be slotted, but not anymore. Like any other package,
>>> you get one and only one version at a time.
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>>>> When i emerge boost-1.52, boots-1.49 in uninstalled and vice versa.
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>>>
>>> So don't install boost-1.52 and take it out of world if you have it
>>> there.
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>>> Portage will install boost-1.49.0-r2 for you and maintain the updates
>>> for you. You do not have to fiddle with it.
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>> What if I need boost-1.52 for my own software I build?
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> Libreoffice-4.0 needs app-text/libmspub and dev-libs/liborcus which need
> boost-1.52.
> So what can i do ?
> Actually, i have boost-1.49.0-r2 and Libreoffice-3.6.4.3
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> --
> Jacques
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