[gentoo-user] Re: Why is apps-misc/gnuit blocked by dev-util/git?

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

On 09/08/2009 12:24 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I'm trying to install gnu interactive tools (apps-misc/gnuit),
> but it is being blocked by the git source code management
> application (dev-util/get):
>
>     alpha grante # emerge -av gnuit
>
>     These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
>     Calculating dependencies... done!
>     [ebuild  N    ] app-misc/gnuit-4.9.5  874 kB
>     [blocks B     ] dev-util/git[gtk] ("dev-util/git[gtk]" is blocking app-misc/gnui        t-4.9.5)
>
> I can't figure out what the two have to do with each other.  I
> rarely use git, so I guess I could uninstall it -- but why
> would gnuit be blocked by git?
>
> Does this have something to do with the fact that
> apps-misc/gnuit used to be called apps-misc/git?

The collision was caused by Linus himself.  He decided to name his
new version control system 'git' without checking to see if anyone
else was using the name, and by the time the gnu-interactive-tools
devs got around to objecting, Linus just plowed right over them,
saying (literally) "tough".

It was really rather rude, and the only time I've been disappointed
by Linus.