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* Re: [gentoo-dev] uninstalling packages with portage
  @ 2003-08-26 23:14 99%   ` Andrew Gaffney
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From: Andrew Gaffney @ 2003-08-26 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Cedric Veilleux; +Cc: gentoo-dev

But, if this *bug* were to happen and 2 packages installed the same 
file, would the file get deleted if the most recently installed packages 
got unmerged?

Cedric Veilleux wrote:
> I think there is a policy that 2 packages can't share the same files. It it 
> happens, it is considered as a bug.. 
> 
>>When portage goes to unmerge a package, it checks that the modification
>>time is the same on each file as when it was installed, correct? If so,
>>what if 2 packages install the same file. If the 2nd one installed is
>>unmerged, will it delete the shared files?

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