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[text-kit] Conflicts between `man-db` and `mandoc`

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emerge failure MARK mark-31 mark-i mark-iii mark-unstable mark-xl text-kit
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Description

As reported by `anise` exists this conflicts:

```
💂 Checking for file conflicts...
Error: file conflict between 'sys-apps/man-db-2.13.0' and 'app-text/mandoc-1.14.6+2' ( file: usr/bin/apropos )
```

We need to understand if we can rename the `apropos` binary of one of these packages to avoid this.

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Research direction

Inspect the sys-apps/man-db-2.13.0 and app-text/mandoc-1.14.6+2 package definitions, focusing on their usr/bin/apropos entries. Reproduce the file conflict and determine which package should rename the binary so both packages can be installed without collision.

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Issue type
Bug
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