2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust-bin/rust-bin-1.86.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust-bin/rust-bin-1.86.0-r1.ebuild
index 9f30d1dcc234..d4f1a5db1a71 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust-bin/rust-bin-1.86.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust-bin/rust-bin-1.86.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} != *9999* && ${PV} != *beta* ]] ; then
 fi
 
 LICENSE="|| ( MIT Apache-2.0 ) BSD BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD-4"
-SLOT="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+SLOT="${PV%%_*}" # Beta releases get to share the same SLOT as the eventual stable
 IUSE="big-endian clippy cpu_flags_x86_sse2 doc prefix rust-analyzer rust-src rustfmt"
 
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.86.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.86.0-r1.ebuild
index 084e4f9e03f5..a5a82e00ca6a 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.86.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.86.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ for _x in "${_ALL_RUST_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS[@]}"; do
 done
 
 LICENSE="|| ( MIT Apache-2.0 ) BSD BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD-4"
-SLOT="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+SLOT="${PV%%_*}" # Beta releases get to share the same SLOT as the eventual stable
 
 IUSE="big-endian clippy cpu_flags_x86_sse2 debug dist doc llvm-libunwind lto rustfmt rust-analyzer rust-src +system-llvm test wasm ${ALL_LLVM_TARGETS[*]}"
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ src_install() {
 		# we need realpath on /usr/bin/* symlink return version-appended binary path.
 		# so /usr/bin/rustc should point to /usr/lib/rust/<ver>/bin/rustc-<ver>
 		# need to fix eselect-rust to remove this hack.
-		local ver_i="${i}-${SLOT}"
+		local ver_i="${i}-${PV%%_*}"
 		if [[ -f "${ED}/usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/bin/${i}" ]]; then
 			einfo "Installing ${i} symlink"
 			ln -v "${ED}/usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/bin/${i}" "${ED}/usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/bin/${ver_i}" || die
@@ -728,7 +728,6 @@ src_install() {
 			ewarn "please report this"
 		fi
 		dosym "../lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/bin/${ver_i}" "/usr/bin/${ver_i}"
-		dosym "../lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/bin/${ver_i}" "/usr/bin/${i}-${PV%%_*}"
 	done
 
 	# symlinks to switch components to active rust in eselect