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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] php different version
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On 2021-10-21 00:53:55, zcampe@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 1 day, 1 emerge --sync, 1 update later: php-7.4 is additionally
> installed. for a php application i would expect that 1 php version is
> enough. but depending on the use flag this is not the case for
> nextcloud and roundcube, 2 versions are installed each.

If some application pulls in dev-lang/php when 7.3 is stable, you'll
get 7.3. Then if later php-7.4 is marked stable, 7.4 will also be
installed, alongside the existing 7.3 that is probably no longer
needed afterwards.