On Friday 14 January 2005 18:57, John Mylchreest wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 18:51 +0000, WhiteRabbit wrote: > > Hey you all, > > > > what is the reason for why "sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources" is always > > located in a new slot? > > Would it not be adequate to just install it newly? Or just update it? > the reason for this is pretty simple. > users often want more than a single version of kernel sources on any > given system. We don't want to remove the older ones, mostly for reasons > unknown. > > Hope this helps! >
Since you have added a USE-flag for changing the symlink and considering a USE-flag for copying the old .config to the new version, why not make the list complete and add/consider a USE-flag for setting the SLOT unique or equal? -- [email protected] mailing list
