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On Tuesday 05 July 2011 00:18:48 Roman Zilka did opine thusly: |
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> > I think this is the root cause of your questions. You say |
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> > "portage has no way to know the difference" - who says that is |
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> > true? Did you assume it? |
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> It sure is possible. I assumed what I did because the ebuild of a |
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> virtual and a normal package reveal no differences relevant to this, |
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> as it seems to me with my level of knowledge. Also, asking for a |
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> virtual as a runtime dep is done in the same way as asking for any |
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> other package. Furthermore, the manpage for emerge says nothing |
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> about the virtuals being different w.r.t. --update or any other |
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> option. |
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Let's face it, it's quite a reasonable assumption. |
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If you still want (need?) a proper answer, post a bug at b.g.o. with |
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clear examples and wait for Zac to answer up. |
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I'm tending toward what you see is the intended behaviour, but poorly |
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documented at this point. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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