while playing with qpkg -c -mc I realized that dev-lang/perl installs man3-pages whose are also installed by perl modules. Here are some of these files owns by dev-lang/perl and ... ... dev-perl/File-Spec-0.84-r1: /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::VMS.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Cygwin.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Epoc.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Functions.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Unix.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Win32.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::Mac.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/File::Spec::OS2.3pm.gz !md5! ... dev-perl/Test-Simple-0.47-r1: /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Simple.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Tutorial.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Builder.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::More.3pm.gz !md5! ... dev-perl/Test-Harness-2.28-r1: /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Harness::Assert.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Harness.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Harness::Straps.3pm.gz !md5! /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Harness::Iterator.3pm.gz !md5! That's why I got : # qpkg -v -f /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Harness::Assert.3pm.gz dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12 * dev-perl/Test-Harness-2.28-r1 * The output shows 2 packages for the same file. Is this ok ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: Files should only owns by one package # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.4.23-grsec-1.9.13) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.23-grsec-1.9.13 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib innodb java jbig jpeg kde lcms libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang slp snmp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf x86 xml2 xv zlib linguas_de"
This is fine. One set is from the original core install of perl, the modules are newer versions of the same module.