2013/1/24 Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com>

> On 24/01/13 17:05, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:53:48 +0100
>> Jacques Montier <jmont...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with boost-1.52.0-r5) and
>>> Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs boost < 1.5
>>> (so works with 1.49.0-r2).
>>> Is it possible to install both 1.49 and 1.52 (in new slot) ?
>>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Boost IIRC used to be slotted, but not anymore. Like any other package,
>> you get one and only one version at a time.
>>
>>  When i emerge boost-1.52, boots-1.49 in uninstalled and vice versa.
>>>
>>
>> So don't install boost-1.52 and take it out of world if you have it
>> there.
>>
>> Portage will install boost-1.49.0-r2 for you and maintain the updates
>> for you. You do not have to fiddle with it.
>>
>
> What if I need boost-1.52 for my own software I build?
>
>
>
Libreoffice-4.0 needs app-text/libmspub and dev-libs/liborcus which need
boost-1.52.
So what can i do ?
Actually, i have boost-1.49.0-r2 and Libreoffice-3.6.4.3

--
Jacques

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