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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-05-09 15:49:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-05-09 15:49:11 +0000 |
| commit | 19e5293bab502946224fa74c729848cf82dc17a7 (patch) | |
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Describe how file collisions between blocking packages are resolved when
they are temporarily installed simultaneously.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=10269
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diff --git a/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook b/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook index 84d01a9f2..900217294 100644 --- a/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook +++ b/doc/dependency_resolution/package_modeling.docbook @@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ <para> If one package blocks another package, the two packages conflict such that they cannot be installed simultaneously. - These conflicts are often due to file collisions. + These conflicts are often due to file collisions. In some + cases, packages that block eachother can be temporarily + installed simultaneously. In order to resolve file collisions + that occur between two blocking packages that are installed + simultaneously, the overlapping files must be removed from + the contents list of the package which was installed first. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id='dependency-resolution-package-modeling-slot-conflicts'> |