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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtual problem : how can I unmerge Nano ?
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:22:25
Message-Id: 20140515122214.GB982@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] virtual problem : how can I unmerge Nano ? by Philip Webb
1 140429 Philip Webb wrote:
2 > 140429 Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 PW> The ebuild has a long list of possible editors,
4 > incl Vim Ed Nano, but nothing singling out Nano.
5 NB> Except that nano is first in the list and portage takes
6 > the first available dependency as satisfying the virtual.
7 PW> Doesn't Portage check whether any of the others are installed ?!
8 NB> Apparently not. As long as the dependency is satisfied, so is portage.
9 > Extra checking would only slow down dependency resolution even more.
10
11 I have submitted Bug 510390.
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