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This is actually already implemented. Check out |
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/usr/portage/profiles/updates/* |
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:57:41AM +0100, Per Wigren wrote: |
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> We need a method to rename and move ebuilds... For example |
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> dev-perl/Mail-SpamAssassin does not belong in dev-perl... It really should be |
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> net-mail/spamassassin instead.. I don't think anyone using spamassassin cares |
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> that it is written in Perl... |
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> Another one is x11-themes/redhat-artwork which should be called bluecurve |
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> instead... Yes, that one is my fault because I submitted it as redhat-artwork |
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> a long time ago.. ;) But anyway.. How about a special variable in the |
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> ebuilds called OBSOLETES? |
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> An example: |
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> We move dev-perl/Mail-SpamAssassin/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.52.ebuild to |
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> net-mail/spamassassin/spamassassin-2,52,ebuild and add the line: |
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> OBSOLETES="dev-perl/Mail-SpamAssassin" |
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> |
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> A user who has Mail-SpamAssassin installed and run "emerge -u world" would |
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> then "upgrade" dev-perl/Mail-SpamAssassin to net-mail/spamassassin.. |
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> This could also be used in other places.. Example: |
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> net-www/galeon-1.3.0.ebuild: (when it is released) |
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> OBSOLETES="<=net-www/galeon-cvs-20030324" |
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> |
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> Does this sound sane? ;) |
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> Maybe it's already implemented in some way? I admit it was a LONG time ago I |
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> wanted this functionality last time, but it wasn't implemented by then... |
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> Regards, |
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> Per Wigren |
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> |
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