From: Zac Medico Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:51:30 +0000 (-0000) Subject: Describe how file collisions between blocking packages are resolved when X-Git-Tag: v2.1.5~23 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=190b6d57694edaeaace1f00c961fff53c32ac727;p=portage.git Describe how file collisions between blocking packages are resolved when they are temporarily installed simultaneously. (trunk r10269) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10270 --- 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 @@ 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.