On Tue, 4 Jan 2011, Grant wrote: > > Since things seem to be working with php-5.3.4, how can I get rid of > the older version of php that must be installed in another slot? I'm > hoping that simplifies things a bit. PHP on Gentoo just got more > complicated and all I need out of it is squirrelmail. Actually, I > wish there was a decent webmail client that didn't depend on PHP at > all so I could remove it. > > - Grant > >
Hi, Personally, I think slot is a very good way for multiple versions of a package to co-exist. You can safely unemerge a specific version of any package by pointing out its exact signature, i.e. | # emerge --unmerge =<category>/<package>-<version> Replace it with your exact PHP package name. Best, -- Yang Nguyen Web log: http://cmpitg.wordpress.com/ Life is a hack
