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From: John Myers <electronerd@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Phantom libcap?
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:24:04
Message-Id: 200510091422.31047.electronerd@monolith3d.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Phantom libcap? by Ed Jabbour
1 On Friday 07 October 2005 10:05, Ed Jabbour wrote:
2 > emerge -uDvp world listed net-libs/libcap as upgrading from 0.8.3-r1 to
3 > 0.9.3. However, the Gentoo database has no such animal, but rather
4 > sys-libs/libcap. Locally, eix libcap also lists only
5 > sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r5. The net-libs "version" is not
6 > in /usr/portage/net-libs. There just doesn't appear to be a
7 > net-libs/libcap, even though emerge shows an installed version. Any advice
8 > appreciated. Thanks.
9 This is a WAG, but it could be that the package was moved. The package moving
10 mechanism allows current installations to automatically transition to the new
11 name.