On Wednesday 10 March 2010 15:50:33 Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello, > > I currently have 3 versions of automake installed (1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r3, > and 1.10.2). > > emerge -pvuDN world shows an update available for each one, but, my > question is, do I need all 3 versions?
Assuming you do not have those versions in world, the answer is: yes > 'equery depends automake' shows 44 packages, all depending on 1.10* or > higher. try running equery depends on a specific version or a SLOT. equery lies through it's teeth. basically, it does a giant grep and tries to format the output sensibly. Oftentimes, it doesn't succeed in the "sensibly" department > So, can I safely emerge -C the other 2 versions? Should I (does it even > matter)? No. The next emerge world will simply pull them back in. But they are build depends so stuff won't stop working You're first step though is to check for a dodgy world file with cruft in it. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
