Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Noack, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will > install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will unmerge > the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable version for > daily work and the beta ver

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Edward Catmur
On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 09:52 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Edward Catmur wrote: > > Is it possible to get Portage (or ebuild) to build a package for > > installation into /opt? If not, how much work would that be? > > > > What would be great would be to have emerge --optinstall package, that > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Edward Catmur wrote: Is it possible to get Portage (or ebuild) to build a package for installation into /opt? If not, how much work would that be? What would be great would be to have emerge --optinstall package, that installs the package into /opt/$PV and doesn't create a vdb entry... feasibl

AW: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Noack, Sebastian
> > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will > > > install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will > unmerge > > > the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable version > for > > > daily work and the beta version for

AW: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Noack, Sebastian
> > I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will > > install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will unmerge > > the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable version for > > daily work and the beta version for testing purposes at the same time

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Edward Catmur
On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 09:31 -0500, Mike Doty wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Noack, Sebastian wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will > > install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will unmerge

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Mike Doty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Noack, Sebastian wrote: > Hi folks, > > I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will > install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will unmerge > the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable versio

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:29:53 +0200 "Noack, Sebastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will | install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will | unmerge the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable | version fo

[gentoo-dev] Beta versions should be slotable

2006-08-07 Thread Noack, Sebastian
Hi folks, I like to try bleeding edge beta versions. But I hate that if I will install for example the new firefox 2 beta via portage, it will unmerge the current stable version. I would prefer to have a stable version for daily work and the beta version for testing purposes at the same time on my