On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:19:44 -0400 Michael Orlitzky <mich...@orlitzky.com> wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 10:06 PM, Dale wrote: > > > > One would think that if it is the selected and only one installed, > > it wouldn't try to remove it. Isn't this what virtuals are for? > > Portage needs one pager from the following list and as long as one > > is installed, portage is happy and doesn't try to remove it. > > > > I know, this has been discussed and the devs still let it do this. > > < sighs > > > > > That's how it works with regards to virtuals. It will only remove > 'less' if you have some other pager installed. > > It currently *will* remove 'less' while it's eselected as the pager. > There's an underwhelming bug for this: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367611 > Didn't we thrash this one to death already 2 months ago? Wasn't Zac's response that virtuals are inappropriate in the system set? -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
