Bug 429732

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: collision between file and directory symlink requires special handling
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component:	Core - Ebuild Support	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	Martin.vGagern
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429692
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-08-03 21:10:28 UTC

For example, see bug #429692. The collision check sees that the installed instance "owns" the /usr/lib path, but it doesn't notice that the file types are different. Here is the relevant code in dblink._collision_protect():

	for ver in mypkglist:
		if ver.isowner(f):
			isowned = True
			break