* checking 39 files for package collisions existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-new is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-basic is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-vt220 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-vt52 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-sun is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-hp is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-sco is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-24 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-bold is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-noapp is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-color is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-16color is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-256color is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-88color is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-8bit is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-r6 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-r5 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-xfree86 is not owned by this package existing file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm is not owned by this package * spend 0.271873950958 seconds checking for file collisions * This package is blocked because it wants to overwrite * files belonging to other packages (see messages above). * If you have no clue what this is all about report it * as a bug for this package on http://bugs.gentoo.org package x11-terms/xterm-196-r1 NOT merged Some of the files mentioned are links and point to files in /etc/terminfo/x/ that are owned by ncurses. Others are normal files and are reported to be owned by xterm itself.
So, who should really own them, and who shouldn't install them?
They should be the "same" (for comparable dates from ncurses, and xterm). Since xterm patches are more frequent than ncurses releases, a good reference for terminfo.src is' ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/terminfo.src.gz There are minor differences between the two terminfo's based on the use of the two packages, but none that should be very interesting at this level (ymmv).
So? Four months have passed and no action on this bug? Really, isn't it time to have one of the ebuild corrected?
This is a low priority bug. Keep in mind that we are working on gentoo on our free time. The problems is chose which ebuild should provide those files and which should not. I'm tempted to just add a separate terminfo ebuild and have ncurses and xterm depends on that one, even if is a bit overkill.
there isnt a clean solution for this atm ... there's a similar problem with Eterm although i closed that bug as WONTFIX and told the user to suck it up ...
xterm-200-r1 refrains from installing the terminfo files.
