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On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 04:15:59PM +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> Emil Beinroth <emilbeinroth@×××.net> wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> > I would say you don't. Just emerge the package you want (as you already |
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> > mentioned). |
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> Okay. And why am I able to preselect the mta the way I |
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> demonstrated? |
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Because virtual/mta is not a real package. It's just some sort of alias |
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that can be change through files in a profile. |
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The new-style virtuals OTOH are real packages that RDEPEND upon the |
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packages that provide the functionality. They are not aliases that can |
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be changed through files in your profile. |
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Cheers, Emil |
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Emil Beinroth |
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83059 Kolbermoor | Germany |
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"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, |
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sticks turning into snakes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, |
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and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are |
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the ones that need help?" |
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-- Dan Barker, Losing Faith in Faith |
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