From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24902 invoked by uid 1002); 10 Jul 2003 08:32:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 27371 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2003 08:32:47 -0000 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:32:43 +0200 From: Spider To: gentoo-core@gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-dev Message-Id: <20030710103243.67a480b6.spider@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20030710022845.GA28875@time> References: <3F0C4A20.9030704@gentoo.org> <20030710022845.GA28875@time> Organization: Chaotic X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.(Dnj_M?EYDvF)w" Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] Creation of 'virtual/vi' to satisfy builds X-Archives-Salt: 8b8ec566-411e-41a6-841d-16196eaf7c5b X-Archives-Hash: 2fe67c500c02a06d25b39fd9fe5228d3 --=.(Dnj_M?EYDvF)w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit begin quote On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:28:46 -0400 Aron Griffis wrote: > 1. Does having a virtual require that only one of the options is > installed at a time? I recall this being the case with > ssmtp/postfix/etc, but maybe that's specific to those ebuilds. > I wouldn't want Gentoo to be restricted to a single vi-clone on a > system. No , those builds also -conflict- with the virtual, to prevent any other thing that satisfies said virtual from working. > > 3. What about the case where you install vim, then install nvi, then > uninstall nvi? In that case /usr/bin/ex will disappear from the > system (because the files conflict between packages), but the > virtual will still be "satisfied". This is a hairy issue which probably should be fixed within portage (sanity check of some sort?? check target of symlinks perhaps?) > > 4. What are the ebuilds that provide ex? At first glance, I only see > nvi and vim. classic vi do that as well. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end --=.(Dnj_M?EYDvF)w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DSStZS9CZTi033kRAmiiAJoDaUIl1WeVGQ731yA6MnQM4xyFMgCgkcVC IPStxatGlQ0DJ1Xq2Jal8v0= =SvmD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.(Dnj_M?EYDvF)w--