On 2007-05-20 23:47:13 -0400, Chris Pickel wrote: > On 20 May, 2007, at 23:06, paul beard wrote: >> How can we get aound this contention over /opt/local/bin/su, since both >> heimdal and coreutils claim it as theirs? > > Doesn't/shouldn't coreutils install /opt/local/bin/gsu and not > /opt/local/bin/su? For me, at least: > > [%] port contents coreutils | grep su$ > /opt/local/bin/gsu > > By the same token, perhaps heimdal's su should be installed as hsu. The > same contention would happen if both ports were installed > +with_default_names, but then at least it should be fairly obvious to the > user how to fix.
But the user should be able to install both ports with the +with_default_names variant. I know that Debian has a way to solve such problems, but I don't know how it works exactly or if it can be applicable in MacPorts. Another solution would be to add a /opt/local/gnu directory, with (at least) bin and man subdirectories for GNU utilities. The files with the g prefix would still be installed in the standard place IMHO, but the files without the prefix would be installed under /opt/local/gnu. Then the end user could choose to add /opt/local/gnu/bin to his $PATH before /opt/local/bin if he prefers the GNU utilities, or after if he prefers the other ones. If for some particular commands, he wants a different choice, he can still add a symbolic link into /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin... -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users