[gentoo-user] Why is apps-misc/gnuit blocked by dev-util/git?

[Grant Edwards]

I'm trying to install gnu interactive tools (apps-misc/gnuit),
but it is being blocked by the git source code management
application (dev-util/get):

   alpha grante # emerge -av gnuit
   
   These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
   
   Calculating dependencies... done!
   [ebuild  N] app-misc/gnuit-4.9.5  874 kB
   [blocks B ] dev-util/git[gtk] ("dev-util/git[gtk]" is blocking 
app-misc/gnuit-4.9.5)

I can't figure out what the two have to do with each other.  I
rarely use git, so I guess I could uninstall it -- but why
would gnuit be blocked by git?

Does this have something to do with the fact that
apps-misc/gnuit used to be called apps-misc/git?
   
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Re: [gentoo-user] Why is apps-misc/gnuit blocked by dev-util/git?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Dienstag 08 September 2009 21:24:52 schrieb Grant Edwards:
> Does this have something to do with the fact that
> apps-misc/gnuit used to be called apps-misc/git?

I'd rather say it has something to do with the fact that both packages provide 
a binary called /usr/bin/git,

Bye...

Dirk