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Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: |
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> When user upgrades to modular X.org there is a block that requires him to |
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> remove xorg-x11-6.8*. Then the user upgrades, reboots and finds out there is |
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> something wrong. So he downgrades. But when downgrading there is no block |
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> requiring him to remove modular X first. So he merges xorg-x11-6.8 which |
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> overwrites a *LOT* of modular X files like e.g. startx and only unmerges |
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> xorg-x11-7.0 which is a very small package. Now the user decides to upgrade |
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> again so he unmerges xorg-x11-6.8 again and it removes all the files but |
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> portage still thinks modular X is installed except of xorg-x11-7*. So when he |
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> emerges xorg-x11-7* that package is the only one which is remerged... |
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That's a definite possibility. But I don't _think_ everyone encountering |
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this problem has hit it, although I could be wrong. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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