On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:53:47 +0200 Gilles Dartiguelongue <e...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Le dimanche 10 juin 2012 à 21:55 +0200, Sebastian Pipping a écrit : > > On 06/10/2012 05:54 AM, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: > > > For libraries, if possible, try splitting gtk2 and gtk3 support > > > into different slots (see net-libs/webkit-gtk for an example; the > > > gtk2-based versions have -r2xx revision numbers and go in slot 2, > > > while the gtk3-based versions have -r3xx revision numbers and go > > > in slot 3). > > > > That's a crazy but interesting approach. > > That's not crazy, it's the least confusing way to go as package > managers cannot have the same version in two slots. We added a suffix > that allows differenciation and still easy reading of which slot the > upgrade is about.
Perhaps you should be asking for a feature that allows you to solve it properly, rather than abusing existing features to do something they're not intended for. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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