Re: [gentoo-dev] uninstalling packages with portage

[Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:11:24AM +0200, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Good news, there is big issue on my list:
> 
>  - openmotif vs. lesstif: a well known one. Almost all files are in both
> packages. I would vote for a mutual exclusion, because it doesn't
> makes sense to have both installed (one breaks the other). And in case
> of updates, the user will sometimes get lesstif, sometimes openmotif...
> (and don't ask why both where installed on my system, I have no idea)

Er, they already block each other and dependencies should be on 
virtual/motif...

>  - sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r2 vs. sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r7 on /bin/groups
>  (is it supposed to be the same program in both
> packages?)
> 
>  - dev-tcltk/expect-5.37.1-r1 vs. net-misc/whois-4.6.6-r2 on
> /usr/bin/mkpasswd (same question)
> 

Both of these are probably just about the same; functionally speaking, 
they're extremely basic applications.

>  - app-admin/etcat-0.1 vs. app-portage/gentoolkit-0.1.30: couldn't the
> separate package (etcat) be removed?
> 

Already is.-- 
Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net

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