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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Is portage (/usr)/bin-merge safe?
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 22:49:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A98B4E.8090601@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan$7796a$b69709b7$19290aaf$1cb9a749@cox.net>

On 05/31/2013 10:36 PM, Duncan wrote:
> As in subject, is portage bin/usr-bin merge safe?
>
> It appears most of my clashing files are /usr/bin/* -> /bin/* symlinks.
> (That's just bin, I've not looked at sbin.)

I haven't tried it, but it should work just fine. Portage has always 
supported directory symlinks like these. I haven't heard any recent 
complaints regarding them.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac


  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-01  5:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-01  5:36 [gentoo-portage-dev] Is portage (/usr)/bin-merge safe? Duncan
2013-06-01  5:49 ` Zac Medico [this message]
2017-12-07  8:37   ` [gentoo-portage-dev] " Duncan
2017-12-07  9:07     ` Zac Medico
2017-12-07 12:14       ` Duncan
2013-06-01  6:17 ` [gentoo-portage-dev] " Mike Frysinger
2013-06-02 11:14 ` vivo75
2013-06-02 11:54   ` [gentoo-portage-dev] " Duncan
2013-06-02 12:47     ` vivo75
2013-06-02 13:19       ` Duncan

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