From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_QUAR, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from cj647207-a.reston1.va.home.com ([65.1.132.232] helo=kabbu.akopia.com) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14Uhvy-0002HO-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:28:22 -0700 Received: by kabbu.akopia.com (Postfix, from userid 1020) id 468F69BF43; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:27:46 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry A! To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.5 improvements list Message-ID: <20010218232745.A742@kabbu.akopia.com> References: <20010216102851.D25764@cvs.gentoo.org> <3A8D5FC0.B30A84B5@gottinger.de> <20010218162000.C7240@cvs.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010218162000.C7240@cvs.gentoo.org>; from drobbins@gentoo.org on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:20:01PM -0700 Organization: Broken Toys Unlimited Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: jerry@thehutt.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sun Feb 18 21:29:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:27:45 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: 89109975-0e84-47c9-9c21-593d31adff89 X-Archives-Hash: 3eeced1bd50c0dc9ad7360cb6793a6d4 On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:20:01PM -0700, drobbins@gentoo.org wrote: : On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 06:13:36PM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: : : > If a package provides for example virtual/mta, does it work to add : > !virtual/mta to RDEPEND to prevent installation of duplicate mta's ? : : !virtual/mta should be added to RDEPEND (for package installs) and DEPEND (for : ebuild merges). It should work (hasn't been tested yet). I don't think it : should be automatically added by Portage, but should be specified by the ebuild : maintainer. Jerry, could you make these two fixes to qmail, exim and postfix? : : Best Regards, Okay, quick question. Should the syntax be: DEPEND="!=virtual/mta" or: DEPEND="!virtual/mta" --Jerry name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... email: jerry@thehutt.org || ...It's much more important || than that!