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

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello. On Dec 7, 2007 3:56 PM, Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7 Dec 2007, at 13:29, Alexander Skwar wrote: Emil Beinroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a virtual/editor package in the tree, that selects nano as the default choice. How does it do that? How do I make it

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

2007-12-07 Thread Emil Beinroth
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:29:54PM +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: Emil Beinroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.

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

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
Emil Beinroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, there is a virtual/editor package in the tree, that selects nano as the default choice. How does it do that? How do I make it select something else? A virtual/mta package does not exist ATM. True. There are just packages which PROVIDE

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

2007-12-07 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 07 December 2007 16:21:31 Alexander Skwar wrote: So the expectation should be, that it's not going to be possible to preselect an mta the way I've shown, as soon as virtual/mta is converted to a new style virtual. Is that right? Is there work going on to change all the old style

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

2007-12-07 Thread Stroller
On 7 Dec 2007, at 13:29, Alexander Skwar wrote: Emil Beinroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a virtual/editor package in the tree, that selects nano as the default choice. How does it do that? How do I make it select something else? I think you simply emerge vi (or vim or emacs or

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

2007-12-07 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 07 December 2007 18:58:57 Alexander Skwar wrote: You are right except for the fact that virtual/mta will not be converted any time soon (if ever). Old style virtuals allow their providers to block all other providers by blocking the virtual. This isn't possible with the current

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

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Dec 7, 2007 4:37 PM, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 07 December 2007 16:21:31 Alexander Skwar wrote: So the expectation should be, that it's not going to be possible to preselect an mta the way I've shown, as soon as virtual/mta is converted to a new style virtual.