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On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 19:52 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> >> virtual/emacs |
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> > You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This |
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> > can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up |
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> > with two packages with the same "name" but different versions. |
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> There are several others, BTW: |
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> {virtual,media-libs}/glut |
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> {virtual,sys-devel}/pmake |
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> {virtual,dev-db}/mysql |
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> New-style virtuals are just *packages*, or did I get this completely |
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> wrong? So how is this situation different from two packages with the |
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> same name, but in different categories? |
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It isn't different. That's the problem. If you have two packages with |
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the same name, you have the same problem. |
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> > We likely won't be able to include emacs on Gentoo releases any more |
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> > because of this. Just thought I would let you know. |
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> If you believe that this will make users happy, go ahead. :7 |
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It has nothing to do with making users happy and everything to do with |
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our inability to work around this issue with the current binary package |
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support in portage. |
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