On Thu June 30 2005 12:27 pm, Holly Bostick wrote: > The thing is, because vsftpd-2.0.3-r1 is a dependency of ftpbase, > ftpbase would install this version itself.
ftpbase is a runtime dependency of vsftpd as of vsftpd-2.0.3-r1. Basically, some common ftp server things were put into ftpbase for use by vsftpd, proftpd, purftpd, etc. > So it stops you, and "forces" you to uninstall the standalone "version", > so that the dependency "version" can be installed by ftpbase, and > everything is correctly organized from Portage's viewpoint. The problem is that <vsftpd-2.0.3-r1 does not depend on ftpbase, but it *does* include files that collide with ftpbase. Also, ftpbase has a depend of !<vsftpd-2.0.3-r1, so prior versions of vsftpd block ftpbase from installing. Then, ftpbase being a dependency of the newer vsftpd, vsftpd could not be upgraded; a catch-22 requiring an unmerge of vsftpd first. -- Ron -- [email protected] mailing list
