Re: pkg/48694: perllink creates and ignores package conflicts

[Jim Bernard <jbernard%mines.edu@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48694; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jim Bernard <jbernard%mines.edu@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        jbernard%mines.edu@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/48694: perllink creates and ignores package conflicts
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:42:18 -0600

 On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:55:01AM +0000, OBATA Akio wrote:
 >  For coexistence,
 >  * rename conflict files
 >  or
 >  * change installed location
 >  
 >  But former way, users must call programs with unusual name,
 >  for later way, users need to call programs carefully,
 >  with full path, or put preferred one before the other one in PATH.
 
   Yes.  Whatever happened to package views?