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> Instead of using ! why not add a CONFLICTS = " foo bar baz " line. |
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> Debian has Conflicts, Requires, Suggests and a few others. |
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> RedHat has Conflicts, Requires, PreRequires etc.. |
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> ("it" below refers to the dependency) |
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> Requires means it is required to *run* |
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> PreRequires means it must be installed and config'd for the package |
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> to install |
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Debian's "conflicts" are only conflicts in the sense that the Debian |
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package management system (or practices) make it so. There is no reason |
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why you cant have 4 httpd servers and every DBMS on the planet installed |
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on your system. Granted, in most cases you only need one httpd server or |
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one DBMS, but you shouldnt need to work around the package mangement |
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system to get what you want. |
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If there is a conflict system for Gentoo (and if there is I dont think it |
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should be called "conflicts" when its not), there should be a simple way |
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to turn it off (emerge --noconflicts). |
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-Tom |
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