Bug 510846

Summary:	dev-lua/lgi - add support for multiple dev-lang/lua versions (app-eselect/eselect-lua)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) <jer>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	dschridde+gentoobugs, mabi
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508682
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Bug Depends on:	752609
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Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-05-20 12:09:54 UTC

Depending on which dev-lang/lua is eselected, dev-lua/lgi installs differently:

With 5.2, it installs the relevant files into /usr/share/lua/, notably /usr/share/lua/lgi.lua .

With 5.1 selected, it installs into /usr/share/lua/5.1/, including /usr/share/lua/5.1/lgi.lua .

It should probably install both, and then (a newer version of?) lua.eselect should set a default one symlinked at /usr/share/lua/lgi.lua, maybe?

Comment 1 Julian Ospald 2014-09-25 00:46:22 UTC

The eselect module is terrible crap, please don't support it. I hope it will be removed from the tree.

Comment 2 Dennis Schridde 2015-02-22 15:07:39 UTC

Please see bug #534150 for a draft of how dev-lua/* packages could be build against multiple versions of Lua.

Comment 3 Amel Hodzic 2018-07-22 02:46:52 UTC

bug #657722 should be helpful for this

Comment 4 Conrad Kostecki gentoo-dev

2020-12-04 11:23:35 UTC

This should be fixed in future, when slotted lua will be unmasked.
robbat2 was so kind and added support for slotted lua.

-> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0e95c6e912a781a82fa7394ca5a4aa0dc92b2b8b