On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:06:15 +0800
wenpin cui <wenpin....@samsung.com> wrote:

> hi, guys,
>     
>     On my linux box, after deep-upgrade, the version of
> 'sys-devel/make' was 3.82. 
> 
>     Now I want to use version 3.81 to compile a software, i can do it
> by "emerge /usr/portage/sys-devel/make/make-3.81.ebuild"
> 
>     however, after next upgrade, the version became 3.82 again.
> 
>     I am wondering if i could select the different version by eslect
> or something else, just like 'update-alternatives' in debian.
> 
>     Any idea, thanks a lot.
> 

portage only supports one version of make at a time.

To have two versions of make, you must install the second one yourself
from source into a convenient place like /usr/local, and manage it
yourself.

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com


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