file collision on net-libs/neon-0.29.3
On Wednesday 23 June 2010 00:17:30 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 06/23/2010 01:56 AM, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > Mick writes:
> >> Checking for file ownership gives me:
> >>
> >> # portageq owners / /usr/bin/neon-config
> >> net-misc/neon-0.29.3
> >> /usr/bin/neon-config
> >>
> >> # portageq owners / /usr/include/neon/ne_207.h
> >> net-misc/neon-0.29.3
> >> /usr/include/neon/ne_207.h
> >>
> >> and so on. How come that I cannot install net-misc/neon-0.29.3 due to
> >> file collisions, when it is this package which owns the files in the
> >> first place?
> >
> > Strange! So it is installed already? Did you chaneg USE flags, so it gets
> > emerged again? Or did something go wrong when installing it the last
> > time?
> >
> > I have no idea, I wouldn't think what you see is possible at all.
>
> neon got moved from net-misc to net-libs. It's just that the maintainer
> forgot to rename the package if already installed. In those cases, you
> either wait till the maintainer renames it, which will be picked up in
> the next sync, or you just unmerge and then update again.
Thanks guys! A resync this morning did it a world of good!
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Regards,
Mick
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