From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S79gw-0002Eu-FN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:09:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 387CEE0909; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF7B4E0C14 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oxusltgw02.schlund.de (oxusltgw02.lxa.perfora.net [172.19.206.4]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MBVXy-1SEGt53rxW-00AkMg; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:05:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:05:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bruce Hill, Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <1669924605.604523.1331575521916.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1and1.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] virtual/shadow Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Medium X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v6.20.0-Rev36 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:J1wwD9oPSjukdfrQTuiSgXeVBaecrrY34G9Buf3CkM9 YBWy3wq9I4Fz711AswSYC0LX0Cib/viPjpQvyjXmGfKMRgTsvJ 0J8sTR7fqgZO9l/raxw5gMZcUef48EY5/IoiuQj1DPi48+A901 fudMczeVB+rUNtiNmiiyKjlOSUPKHXzzaPdNYzypUetMNg4ukj YxoCguAzKh/MovOhp4n0uLQvMxFHMmuH0kKdDDX+SyPsum9926 aVER3Vwn//Dan1kjgeSgbRI25S6zXbGF+PZE3X1eN2xXwq3KvZ JwKLPJ5Y1IY8dJCdc66P+DSLxobFqLoag36ak3B++uF3w/WN+d 4FvRZ7mPjmTE2c8AdeieGl4YhHFRmoFsJjpT+F7KIN+22VUZqd 1FYRjLRgwZ1s92bIDeVKpoWgEvp4KWtQLMoNCISME7Qks9vfXs phXjD X-Archives-Salt: 37b5d697-6192-44cf-8678-ba70cb6bd5d7 X-Archives-Hash: 41143a219452a59ed6b29cb074c31833 These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo are worse. What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? Today's update output: server ~ # emerge -aDjNquv world [ebuild N ] virtual/shadow-0 Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Quitting. -- Happy Penguin Computers >`) 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ 662-269-2706; 662-491-8613 support at happypenguincomputers dot com http://www.happypenguincomputers.com