On Wednesday 08 Feb 2017 22:52:51 Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > I have a running PostrgeSLQ 9.6 installed: > > # equery l postgresql > * Searching for postgresql ... > [I--] [??] dev-db/postgresql-9.6.0:9.6 > > Every time I try to do an upgrade, it wants to pull > in the former PostgreSQL into an own slot: > > # emerge -avuDN @world > ... > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild NS ] dev-db/postgresql-9.5.5:9.5::gentoo [9.6.0:9.6::gentoo] > USE="..." ... ... > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] > > How can I find out why this happens? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bertram
Postgresql is slotted. You can install more than one slot and run more than one instance of either version, on the same server. If you do not want to download previous versions, you will need to mask them (in /etc/portage/package.mask or a named file within that). -- Regards, Mick
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