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

• BeetleB 3y ago
  Gentoo, clearly ;-) I just assumed something so "basic" would be supported on all major distros.
  • 000ooo000 3y 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 3y 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.