On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:40:27 +0100 OndraK <ondrej.kaji...@gmail.com> wrote: > I installed gentoo-sources manually (virtual/linux-kernel is not > involved), there is no package depending on gentoo-sources (according > to "cave print-dependent-ids"). This paludis' behaviour is kind of > "strange" to me: "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources" record in world file > does not let paludis to uninstall the older version. I am curious, > and would like to know something "from behind the scene", if you > could find some time to answer my question which may be a silly one.
A dependency with no explicit slot or slot operator specified is treated as meaning "and we don't know which slot", so for safety we assume "potentially any slot". > Can a package manager (speaking about flawless one) use only the > latest (best, or whatever we call it) version of package when a > "category/package" is the only dependency on that package? It could, but doing so would be unsafe for dependencies that don't have a :* operator. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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