Bug 20709 – quicktime4linux and libquicktime both provide the same library

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Patrick Kursawe (RETIRED) 2003-05-09 10:53:32 UTC]

quicktime4linux and libquicktime both provide the same library - not compatible
with each other and not blocking each other.
The problem appeared in bug #20705.

Suggestion: packages should block each other.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge libquicktime
2. emerge quicktime4linux
3. see the output of epm -qf /usr/lib/libquicktime.so
4. try to emerge nvrec

Actual Results:  
> epm -qf /usr/lib/libquicktime.so
quicktime4linux-1.5.5-r1
libquicktime-0.9.2_pre1

Building nvrec fails (unresolved symbols)

Expected Results:  
Worked fine

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-09 08:52:18 UTC]

patrick: easiest way: let each PROVIDE="virtual/quicktime" and then DEPEND="!virtual/quicktime"

[Comment 2 Patrick Kursawe (RETIRED) 2003-06-10 04:32:55 UTC]

I know next to nothing about quicktime (or these libraries) and didn't want to do anything like this unless I know if they are known to be incompatible or if there's just something broken with the installation or if there are different versions which are supposed to interoperate nicely... didn't take this bug because I hoped it would attract someone with a clue :-)

[Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-13 16:22:50 UTC]

fixed, on remerge of one/both