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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:22:42
Message-Id: 1179335982.23409.6.camel@workbox.quova.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 15:25 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 > >>>>> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Jakub Moc wrote:
3 >
4 > >> virtual/emacs
5 > >> virtual/flim
6 >
7 > > Oh, and naming the new-style virtuals the same as the real thing
8 > > kills binpkgs. :/
9 >
10 > Sorry, I don't get your point here.
11 >
12 > The "real thing" is, e.g., emacs-21.4-r12 and the virtual is emacs-21.
13 > How is this not sufficiently different?
14
15 You end up with this:
16
17 /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21.4-r12
18 /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21
19
20 When you go to merge your virtual, it will always merge the package,
21 even if you're *trying* to merge an emacs alternative.
22
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>