Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-10 4:05 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-03-10 12:05 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: equery can be unreliable. If emerge --depclean -a wants to remove one of both of them, let it, otherwise leave well alone. How

[gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Tanstaafl
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? 'equery depends automake' shows 44 packages, all depending on 1.10* or higher. So, can I safely

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:33 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: 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? 'equery depends automake' shows 44 packages,

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-10 12:05 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: equery can be unreliable. If emerge --depclean -a wants to remove one of both of them, let it, otherwise leave well alone. Understood, thanks... Just to be sure... the -a in the 'emerge --depclean -a' above will 'ask' me if I want to continue and

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-03-10 12:05 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: equery can be unreliable. If emerge --depclean -a wants to remove one of both of them, let it, otherwise leave well alone. Understood, thanks... Just to be sure... the -a

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:14 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: Just to be sure... the -a in the 'emerge --depclean -a' above will 'ask' me if I want to continue and remove the packages it finds, correct? Meaning, it won't just blindly go ahead and start ripping stuff out... Yes. How does that differ