* 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:
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>
> 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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