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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How does the emerge process recognizes, whether a certain package is installed?
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:56:10
Message-Id: 20191218185557.1e500def@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How does the emerge process recognizes, whether a certain package is installed? by tuxic@posteo.de
1 On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:24:03 +0100, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
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3 > What is the mechanism and how does it work, which
4 > cares, that a certain package of a certain version
5 > gets installed only once?
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7 The package database is at /var/db/pkg
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11 Neil Bothwick
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13 Good fortune will find you provided you left clear instructions.

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