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On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:27:45PM -0500, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:20:01PM -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> : On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 06:13:36PM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> : > If a package provides for example virtual/mta, does it work to add |
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> : > !virtual/mta to RDEPEND to prevent installation of duplicate mta's ? |
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> : !virtual/mta should be added to RDEPEND (for package installs) and DEPEND (for |
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> : ebuild merges). It should work (hasn't been tested yet). I don't think it |
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> : should be automatically added by Portage, but should be specified by the ebuild |
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> : maintainer. Jerry, could you make these two fixes to qmail, exim and postfix? |
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> : Best Regards, |
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> Okay, quick question. Should the syntax be: |
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> DEPEND="!=virtual/mta" |
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> or: |
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> DEPEND="!virtual/mta" |
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!virtual/mta, as I wrote in the previous email. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |