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From: "Zac Medico (zmedico)" <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] portage r10270 - main/branches/2.1.2/doc/dependency_resolution
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:51:33
Message-Id: E1JuUsc-0002dV-UJ@stork.gentoo.org
1 Author: zmedico
2 Date: 2008-05-09 15:51:30 +0000 (Fri, 09 May 2008)
3 New Revision: 10270
4
5 Modified:
6 main/branches/2.1.2/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook
7 Log:
8 Describe how file collisions between blocking packages are resolved when
9 they are temporarily installed simultaneously. (trunk r10269)
10
11
12 Modified: main/branches/2.1.2/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook
13 ===================================================================
14 --- main/branches/2.1.2/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook 2008-05-09 15:49:11 UTC (rev 10269)
15 +++ main/branches/2.1.2/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook 2008-05-09 15:51:30 UTC (rev 10270)
16 @@ -53,7 +53,12 @@
17 <para>
18 If one package blocks another package, the two packages
19 conflict such that they cannot be installed simultaneously.
20 - These conflicts are often due to file collisions.
21 + These conflicts are often due to file collisions. In some
22 + cases, packages that block eachother can be temporarily
23 + installed simultaneously. In order to resolve file collisions
24 + that occur between two blocking packages that are installed
25 + simultaneously, the overlapping files must be removed from
26 + the contents list of the package which was installed first.
27 </para>
28 </sect2>
29 <sect2 id='dependency-resolution-package-modeling-slot-conflicts'>
30
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