app-sci/magic creates ~/.magic which interferes with sys-apps/file. Even without magic installed, you can still see this problem: # cd ~ # touch .magic # file file: could not find any magic files! # rm .magic # file Usage: file [-bcikLnNsvz] [-f namefile] [-F separator] [-m magicfiles] file... file -C -m magicfiles Try `file --help' for more information.
I'm thinking this is going to be an upstream problem for app-sci/magic (http://vlsi.cornell.edu/magic/)
Just wrote a mail to the maintainers. We'll see.
No response from upstream so I made "sys-apps/file" a blocker for "sci-electronics/magic". Could base-system do the same and add "sci-electronics/magic" as a blocker for "sys-apps/file"?
considering the pkg is built from source wouldnt it be trivial to sed .magic to .magic-cad or something ?
I'm a newbie and I'd really like to download magic even though it will "break" the file command. Can anyone suggest a workaround? (I've tried hacking the .ebuild file but this portage tool is reasonably robust.)
Sorry for the question. I performed emerge -aO magic and that seems to solve my problem with how to force a download. It didn't build properly but I'm looking into that. I'm sure I'll solve all of my problems but if anyone wants to send me some time-saving hints I'm all ears.
vapier: Now that you mention it, it seems like the obvious thing to do... It's in CVS now. (The user's startup file is now "~/.magic-cad" rather than "~/.magic".) John: Thanks for the notices. I'll get back to you via private mail.
