Bug 31918

Summary:	shoudn't textutils/sh-utils/fileutils be blocked by coreutils?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sven <sven.koehler>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	timothy.weiand
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sven 2003-10-24 08:01:49 UTC

i don't think that it makes sense that textutils/sh-utils/fileutils and coreutils can be installed at once. so if i have coreutils installed, the other three packages should be blocked.
an alternative would be to intruduce dummy-ebuilds that simply depend on coreutils and install no files.
that would make life easier since textutils/sh-utils/fileutils would be uninstalled automatically if people update and there might still be some ebuilds that depend on sh-utils instead of coreutils (eclipse-sdk-2.1.1 ebuild for example).

Comment 1 Sven 2003-10-24 08:05:56 UTC

oops, sh-utils, textutils and fileutils are dummy-ebuilds already. silly
me. forget this bug-report.

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-28 23:51:53 UTC

*** Bug 55500 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Timothy Weiand 2004-06-29 11:49:13 UTC

Question: Why is this bug marked resolved invalid?  I spent two hours rebuilding my MAC last night over this issue!

Just by making textutils, fileutils and sh-utils dummy ebuilds brings a hole different problem for systems that already have coreutils on them.  The upgrade process leave the machine in an unusable state.

I fail to see how this is resolved.

Comment 4 Timothy Weiand 2004-06-29 11:51:34 UTC

(please see bug #55500 to view my upgrade issues)