From: John <jdm@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Virtual Packages
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:43:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110511224326.58bd1cb7@november> (raw)
Have noticed that some packages require virtual packages to installed
as well. For example when installing dev-db/mysql, virtual/mysql is
installed as well.
What are the purposes of these "virtual" packages??
Thanks
--
John D Maunder
john@articwolf.myzen.co.uk
next reply other threads:[~2011-05-11 21:33 UTC|newest]
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2011-05-11 21:43 John [this message]
2011-05-11 22:07 ` [gentoo-user] Virtual Packages Paul Hartman
2011-05-12 3:18 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-05-13 15:50 ` dong l
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