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* Re: [gentoo-dev] uninstalling packages with portage
  @ 2003-08-27  7:27 99%           ` Jon Portnoy
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From: Jon Portnoy @ 2003-08-27  7:27 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Thomas de Grenier de Latour; +Cc: gentoo-dev

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
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2003-08-26 22:58     [gentoo-dev] uninstalling packages with portage Andrew Gaffney
2003-08-26 23:02     ` Cedric Veilleux
2003-08-27  0:08       ` Michael Cummings
2003-08-27  0:15         ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-27  6:24           ` Rajiv Aaron Manglani
2003-08-27  7:11             ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
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