Bug 32079

Summary:	MozillaFirebird versions should replace, rather than block each other
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Shahar Goldin <aldarsior>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Shahar Goldin 2003-10-26 20:51:49 UTC

When I installed my new laptop, I wanted to have a browser "now". So I emerged mozilla-firebird-bin, which is ugly as sin, doesn't have GTK2 support, or a few other very nice things.
so I emerged mozilla-firebird. Unfortunatly this is blocked by mozilla-firebird-bin, so I had to go to sleep while this was happening, because I didn't have a browser.

I don't understand why mozilla-firebird-bin isn't REPLACED by mozilla-firebird rather than blocking it.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-10-27 15:40:33 UTC

because if you update the source version and an update comes in on the -bin
version, your wonderfully src-compiled binaries will be overwritten

Comment 2 Brad Laue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-28 19:33:17 UTC

The purpose of a blocker in portage is to indicate to the user that the existing
package provides the same functionality, and should manually be replaced.
Doing it automatically would surely cause unpredictable results for many
users.

To emerge one of the other variants, simply unmerge the blocker first.

Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-29 10:35:14 UTC

And cannot be done with current portage functionality ...