Il giorno lun 10 gen 2022 alle ore 06:39 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org>
ha scritto:
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>
> The big problem is that switching implies changing the format, so if you
> install foo-X, then switch, then reinstall the same version of foo,
> you're going to have the file replaced by a directory.  This is not
> supported by the PMS, and Portage handles it somewhat suboptimally
> (renaming the old file and leaving it orphaned).
>
> Is it possible to force the package to own the file may be touching it in
src_install() ?

This way we have a dirty installation but no orphaned file and it would be
back to normal at next install

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