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On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 06:13:36PM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> If a package provides for example virtual/mta, does it work to add |
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> !virtual/mta to RDEPEND to prevent installation of duplicate mta's ? |
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> I would call the variable MULTIPLE because DIFFVERSION is abit to long in my |
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> eyes. |
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OK, MULTIPLE is good. |
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Ah, another thing I need to add -- pkgmerge virtual merging support. This gets |
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complicated; part of me thinks that the *user* should choose the proper virtual |
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package, rather than us selecting for them. At first, I was thinking that the |
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first package listed in /usr/portage/virtual-update would be used, but now I |
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think that's too simplistic. I don't want Portage to automatically install |
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qmail for someone -- I think that they (for safety reasons) should be involved |
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in that choice. |
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Right now, a recursive pkgmerge will fail if it gets to a virtual dependency. |
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It'll let the user know that it couldn't find "virtual/mta" and it will be up |
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to the user to resolve it. Comments? |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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