Re: [gentoo-user] What gives with all these file collisions?

[Willie M]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 19:05:25 +1200
Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 23:32:55 -0700
> Willie M <matthews.willie80@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > I am sure you can use the FEATURES to ignore collisions. It has been
> > awhile but I am sure it is still there.
>
> Disabling collisions detections is not really good advice, as it can
> lead to real problems and break your system.
>
> Then again, just pasting lists to RM is not smart either.
>
> Better to work out *why* there's a collision first.
>
> In the example the user posted, they're installing kde-apps/k3b:5 on
> top of kde-apps/k3b:4
>
> Those packages should block against each other in some way if they
> install the same files.
>
> This sort of stuff happens if you're running ~arch, and is usually
> grounds for a bug.

I see.

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