On 04.03.2015 07:59 PM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > @ larry >> Base doesn't have a concept of equivalence. [...] We could >> implement virtual ports or something like that, but that's a rather >> larger project. > Would be more like Debian's "replaces", no? [...] Mind you, Debian's > implementation isn't exactly foolproof either... I've seen enough > cases where packages aren't replaced for some reason, or where > they're replaced and hell ensues.
You should not compare MacPorts with apt/dpkg. apt/dpkg supports cyclic dependencies, while MacPorts does not. This creates additional problems MacPorts doesn't have. Mihai
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