Comment by BeetleB

3 years ago

Never used Arch, but I'd be surprised if Arch doesn't support it. How any modern distribution can survive without some semblance of slotting befuddles me.

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gerdesj  3 years ago

Which distros do you use that support this form of slotting?

  • BeetleB  3 years ago

    Gentoo, clearly ;-)

    I just assumed something so "basic" would be supported on all major distros.

    • 000ooo000  3 years ago

      I'm just an Arch user and not an expert but AFAIK it's not officially supported (by Arch's packaging system). One is encouraged to update the entire system before installing anything new. If you installed just MyCoolCalculator vLatest and it pulled in the update for ImportantWidelyUsedDependencyX, dependent apps could potentially/do break, because multiple versions of that dependency are not kept. At least AFAICT.

      The AUR is said to provide options for non-latest software, and I guess you have options like Flatpak too.

    • bombcar  3 years ago

      Does Gentoo's slotting support cross-compiling? I was following a guide on it and was pleasantly surprised how advanced the cross-compiling support was in Gentoo.