On 16/05/2014 14:38, Mick wrote: > After all these years I still can't find my way around SLOT management needed > for enlightenment. > > I want to emerge the latest available in the tree, which right now happens to > be (~) 0.18.7. So I added this in my keywords: > >> =x11-wm/enlightenment-0.18.7:0.17 ~amd64
Either drop the "=" or drop the SLOT ":0.17" = always means a specific version is to be specified and a SLOT is not a version > > However, if I try: > ========================================================================== > # emerge -1aDv enlightenment > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild NS ] x11-wm/enlightenment-1.0.11:0 [0.18.7:0.17/0.18.7] USE="dbus > nls pango -doc -pulseaudio -xcomposite -xinerama -xrandr" 2,229 kB > > Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 2,229 kB > ========================================================================== > > It wants to bring in e16, of SLOT 0, instead of 0.18.7 SLOT 0.17. Can you > please explain to me how this is meant to work and what the correct syntax is? Your keyword entry applies to nothing in the tree, so you get the expected result, the latest stable version of e -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
