From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-23759-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HoND0-000333-Eo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:22:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4GHLlO9001330; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:21:47 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-187-123.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.187.123]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4GHJm56031454 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:19:48 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F292480E2 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:08:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tsjIRAwlAp9P for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:08:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.51] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0FE248079 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:08:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <17993.46310.605581.827964@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <17993.36648.37167.198946@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <46499117.4020909@gentoo.org> <17993.46310.605581.827964@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:19:42 -0700 Message-Id: <1179335982.23409.6.camel@workbox.quova.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 23018fe9-3a72-4f3d-b0a6-cd0f2d431b27 X-Archives-Hash: 55c62761123a4d8c9ac7f8beb1b38810 On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 15:25 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Jakub Moc wrote: > > >> virtual/emacs > >> virtual/flim > > > Oh, and naming the new-style virtuals the same as the real thing > > kills binpkgs. :/ > > Sorry, I don't get your point here. > > The "real thing" is, e.g., emacs-21.4-r12 and the virtual is emacs-21. > How is this not sufficiently different? You end up with this: /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21.4-r12 /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21 When you go to merge your virtual, it will always merge the package, even if you're *trying* to merge an emacs alternative. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list