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On 2006-02-25 15:22:21 -0800 (Sat, Feb), Ben Munat wrote: |
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> I have qmail-1.03-r16 installed on my mail server. Portage is saying it |
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> wants to install: |
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> [ebuild N ] virtual/qmail-1.03 |
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> Well in searching through /usr/portage for "virtual/qmail" I find lots of |
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> changelog entries saying "changed to virtual/qmail". So, I assume that all |
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> the packages depending on qmail have switched to depending on |
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> virtual/qmail, right? |
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Right. |
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> And I need to reinstall qmail so that it's installed as |
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> "virtual/qmail-1.03"? However, why does it say it's a new package? |
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virtual/qmail is just a new package in category 'virtual' |
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ls -la /usr/portage/virtual/ |
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Many, many microseconds ago, the 'virtuals' file in your profile was the |
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only way to specify virtual packages. Now, the second one emerged. |
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vi /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/virtuals |
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vi /usr/portage/profiles/base/virtuals |
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vi /usr/portage/virtual/qmail/qmail-1.03.ebuild |
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> And does that mean that I'll have to unmerge my existing qmail |
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> manually? |
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I humbly believe that you don't need to reinstal qmail. |
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> Also, why is is 1.03 instead of 1.03-r16? |
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They are different packages. |
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The virtual just states that it needs something that is compatible with |
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version 1.03 of qmail. |
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