On Wed, 27 May 2009 16:28:35 -0400 Wyatt Epp <wyatt....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Jorge Morais <please.no.spam.h...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > I should mention that you should be careful about deleting any files - > > and qfile is not a 100% guarantee that the file does not come from a > > Portage-installed package. For example, in my system Python was > > installed by Portage, and > > $ file /usr/bin/python > > /usr/bin/python: symbolic link to `python2.5' > > , yet > > $ qfile /usr/bin/python > > <No output> > > > You know, I wonder if that's not a bug? There is no eselect module for > setting your python version, and there's no entry for that symlink in the > CONTENTS for these packages. If I understand the role of that file, that > symlink really shouldn't exist without being listed there. I don't know enough about Portage to comment, but undoubtedly I (as a user) would like these files to be registered by Portage.
