Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 18:51, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > On Saturday 25 October 2003 16:31, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > Any way to check for multiple versions of a package ?? I'll be off > > R'ing TFM in the meantime. > > >From "qpkg --help" last lines: > > Examples: > qpkg --dups

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Saturday 25 October 2003 18:51, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > On Saturday 25 October 2003 16:31, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > Any way to check for multiple versions of a package ?? I'll be > > off R'ing TFM in the meantime. > > From "qpkg --help" last lines: > > Examples: > qpkg --dups

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Saturday 25 October 2003 16:31, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Any way to check for multiple versions of a package ?? I'll be off > R'ing TFM in the meantime. From "qpkg --help" last lines: Examples: qpkg --dups print duplicates oldest first qpkg --dups -v.. with versions

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
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. On Sa

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Saturday 25 October 2003 14:02, Peter Ruskin wrote: > You may want to run both, according to what plugins work with each > version. I eventually got rid of the old version but others may > use I've got the newer one running now. It looks a bit "cleaner". It also appeared to read my existing c

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Saturday 25 Oct 2003 10:54, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > 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 ?? You may want to run both, according

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
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`.

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Saturday 25 Oct 2003 10:11, Hall Stevenson wrote: > I was just looking at what packages I had installed while helping > someone and noticed I've got two versions of gkrellm installed, > v2.1.20 and v1.2.13. Both have "*" after their names and I assume > that means "installed". > > I just checked

[gentoo-user] Multiple versions of packages installed ??

2003-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
I was just looking at what packages I had installed while helping someone and noticed I've got two versions of gkrellm installed, v2.1.20 and v1.2.13. Both have "*" after their names and I assume that means "installed". I just checked and the gkrellm that's running is the older one. Why does e