[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Emerging virtual/editor installs nano - why?

[Alexander Skwar <alexanders.mailinglists+nospam@gmail.com>]

Emil Beinroth <emilbeinroth@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:29:54PM +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> Emil Beinroth <emilbeinroth@gmx.net> wrote:
>> > there is a virtual/editor package in the tree, that selects nano as the
>> > default choice.
>> 
>> How does it do that?
> 
> It's done by using the RDEPEND variable inside the virtual/editor
> ebuild.
> 
> RDEPEND="|| ( app-editors/nano
>     app-editors/dav
>     ..."
> 
> That says that the package needs any of the packages in parentheses to
> run. If none of them are installed, the first one in the list is
> selected to be installed. (AFAIK)

Thx. Understood.

[...]
>> How do I make it select something else?
> 
> I would say you don't. Just emerge the package you want (as you already
> mentioned).

Okay. And why am I able to preselect the mta the way I 
demonstrated?

Alexander

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