Bug 365895

Summary:	x11-libs/fltk slots incorrect
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Reuben Martin <reuben.m>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team <desktop-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Reuben Martin 2011-05-04 00:08:20 UTC

fltk-1.3.0_rc3-r1 is set to the same slot as all ebuilds <= fltk-1.1.9-r2

This is not correct, the APIs are different. Yoshimi for instance, will not link against fltk-1.3.0_rc3-r1 but it will link against fltk-1.1.9-r2.

Please create separate slots for these.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-06 15:58:53 UTC

SLOTting has nothing to do with APIs, and everything with concurrent installation.

Comment 2 Reuben Martin 2011-05-07 04:38:09 UTC

true, although major changes to APIs are generally concurrent to changes in slots

Is it possible to have to both versions of libraries installed, while having the library softlinks point to the newest of the two? (or perhaps toggle between the two using eselect)

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-01 15:06:15 UTC

slotting is fine, and 1.1.* is deprecated and will be replaced by 1.3.* in the same slot. the packages simply need to be fixed.