On Saturday 25 October 2003 16:53, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > On Saturday 25 October 2003 05:54, you wrote: > > On Saturday 25 October 2003 13:16, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > > > Why does emerge leave older packages installed ?? Why didn't > > > > the newer package run instead of the older ?? Is this an > > > > config option *I* need to change ?? > > > > > > The command that starts the newer version is `gkrellm2`, not > > > `gkrellm`. > > > > Doh !! Okay, but still, why does emerge not *replace* the older > > version vs just adding the new one alongside the old one ?? > > Because they are slotted. Version 1 goes in one slot, 2 in another > slot. This is a feature of portage that allows different versions > to coexist on the same machine. For example, qt, gtk have > different versions. Some programs need version 1.x, others 2.x. > With Gentoo they can coexist.
Damn, I guess I'd better start using the "-u" flag when I emerge things ! :) I wonder how many other packages I have different versions of.... Any way to check for multiple versions of a package ?? I'll be off R'ing TFM in the meantime. Hall -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
