From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: Multiple Versions of Packages? Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:25:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20131207112503.GA24111@debian> References: <20131207111357.GA347@jocasta.intra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41411) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpG0h-00061T-LB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 06:25:31 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpG0a-0004zn-CU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 06:25:23 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:51466) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpG0a-0004zh-2G for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 06:25:16 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131207111357.GA347@jocasta.intra> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 12:13:57PM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > Can we have Texinfo 5 and Texinfo 4 concurrently in guix? Yes, without problem. You may add a variable texinfo-4; with a bit of luck, it can simply inherit from texinfo with a few added modifications. You may have a look at Qt 4 and 5 for inspiration. Andreas