>>>>> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
>> virtual/emacs
> You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This
> can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up
> with two packages with the same "name" but different versions.
There are several others, BTW:
{virtual,media-libs}/glut
{virtual,sys-devel}/pmake
{virtual,dev-db}/mysql
New-style virtuals are just *packages*, or did I get this completely
wrong? So how is this situation different from two packages with the
same name, but in different categories?
> We likely won't be able to include emacs on Gentoo releases any more
> because of this. Just thought I would let you know.
If you believe that this will make users happy, go ahead. :7
Ulrich
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