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From: Ben Munat <bent@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] virtual/qmail?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:55:07
Message-Id: 4400FC4C.8030503@munat.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] virtual/qmail? by "Mariusz Pękala"
1 Mariusz Pękala wrote:
2 > virtual/qmail is just a new package in category 'virtual'
3 >
4 > ls -la /usr/portage/virtual/
5 >
6 > Many, many microseconds ago, the 'virtuals' file in your profile was the
7 > only way to specify virtual packages. Now, the second one emerged.
8 >
9 > vi /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/virtuals
10 > vi /usr/portage/profiles/base/virtuals
11 >
12 > vi /usr/portage/virtual/qmail/qmail-1.03.ebuild
13
14 I'm not following you here... am I supposed to edit those files or did you just mean "vi"
15 in the sense of "use something to view these files"?
16
17
18 >> And does that mean that I'll have to unmerge my existing qmail
19 >> manually?
20 >
21 > I humbly believe that you don't need to reinstal qmail.
22 >
23 >> Also, why is is 1.03 instead of 1.03-r16?
24 >
25 > They are different packages.
26 >
27 > The virtual just states that it needs something that is compatible with
28 > version 1.03 of qmail.
29 >
30
31 That would be great but how do I make portage happy? Is there a config file somewhere in
32 which I can put "virtual/qmail-1.03 = mail-mta/qmail-1.03*" ?
33
34 Thanks very much for the quick reply!
35
36 b
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Re: [gentoo-server] virtual/qmail? "Mariusz Pękala" <skoot@××.pl>