On Monday 16 June 2003 04:06, Michael Boman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the best way to handle conflicts of packages? Ie: I have a
> stable (release) version of software A, and I also have a bleeding edge
> version of the same software (that tracks the same current stable
> version). What I want to do is that if they install the CVS version (or
> the release version) they can't install the other version without
> un-installing the other one. I'd like to do this to make sure that they
> are linked against the correct version of the libraries.
>
> Best regards
>  Michael Boman

In the depend section of the ebuild, add a negated entry.  Example:

!foo-bar/SoftwareA-CVS

Regards
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Zack Gilburd
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