Re: [gentoo-user] virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 12, 2012 at 2:50 PM Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. > wrote: > > These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo > > are worse. > > > > What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? > > Virtual packages

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: >  These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo > are worse. > > What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? Virtual packages are kind of an abstraction layer for compatible alternative packages.

[gentoo-user] virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo are worse. What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? Today's update output: server ~ # emerge -aDjNquv world [ebuild N] virtual/shadow-0 Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Quitti