Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:51:27 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: > >> When i depclean i use -av --depclean --exclude gcc --exclude >> gentoo-sources, since i like keep 2 gcc's around and I look after >> sources manually. > You can prevent depclean from removing gcc and kernel like this > > % cat /etc/portage/sets.conf > [kernels] > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet > world-candidate = False > files = /usr/src > > [gcc] > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet > world-candidate = False > files = /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin > > Then add @kernels and @gcc to world_sets. I do this and now those > packages have to be unmerged manually. > > Having said that, everything built with gcc-7.2.0 after the profile switch > so I now have only one gcc installed for the first time in years. > >
I thought at one time we could specify versions or slots in the world file. Has that changed? Dale :-) :-)
