On 03/10/2010 05:50 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Hello,
I currently have 3 versions of automake installed (1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r3,
and 1.10.2).
emerge -pvuDN world shows an update available for each one, but, my
question is, do I need all 3 versions?
'equery depends automake' shows 44 packages, all depending on 1.10* or
higher.
So, can I safely emerge -C the other 2 versions? Should I (does it even
matter)?
Probably won't matter. A few packages actually specify an exact version
of the autotools, but most just want a certain minimum version. If you
try to install such a package in the future it 'should' re-emerge the
required version of autoconf automatically. It might matter more if you
want to install custom software independent of the portage system.
