>>>>> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote:

>> virtual/emacs

> You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This
> can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up
> with two packages with the same "name" but different versions.

There are several others, BTW:

   {virtual,media-libs}/glut
   {virtual,sys-devel}/pmake
   {virtual,dev-db}/mysql

New-style virtuals are just *packages*, or did I get this completely
wrong? So how is this situation different from two packages with the
same name, but in different categories?

> We likely won't be able to include emacs on Gentoo releases any more
> because of this. Just thought I would let you know.

If you believe that this will make users happy, go ahead. :7

Ulrich
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