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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: unix2dos blocks dos2unix
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:17:08
Message-Id: lv9go6$4ki$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix by Gevisz
1 On 14/09/14 10:24, Gevisz wrote:
2 > I have just installed unix2dos utility
3 > (never had a need to use it before) and
4 > just after that tried to install dos2unix
5 > but the installation of dos2unix failed
6 > complaining on the fact that
7 >
8 > "app-text/unix2dos" is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5
9 >
10 > I find it very strange as I think that if someone
11 > needs unix2dos utility he usually also needs dos2unix
12 > utility, especially taking into account that unix2dos
13 > by default overwrites its input file.
14
15 There's also app-text/tofrodos. It installs two binaries, "todos" and
16 "fromdos". It solved some problems the other tools had (unix2dos and
17 dos2unix), but it's been long ago and I don't remember which problems
18 they were...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: unix2dos blocks dos2unix Kerin Millar <kerframil@×××××××××××.uk>