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* Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> schrieb: |
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> I don't know if it would be feasible from a package manager point of |
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> view, but couldn't some (most?) blockers be avoided if there was some |
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> means to transfer ownership of installed files from one package to |
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> another? |
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This is problematic, since the system must be in an consistent |
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state after the update, or really bad things can happen. |
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And it still doesn't solve dependencies correctly, imagine: |
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foo1: depends on bar1 |
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foo2: depends on bar2 |
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bar1 and bar2 are in conflict. |
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For the special case of one package replacing another one *completely* |
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(eg. the mktemp case), the process could be automated by giving |
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portage enough information and having appropriate logic in portage). |
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But is it really worth all that ? |
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In the mktemp case, IMHO, coreutils is the source of evil: |
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it simply assimilated another package ! |
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We shouldn't let it pass. |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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