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Petteri Räty wrote: |
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> On 01/24/2010 08:20 PM, Ben de Groot wrote: |
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>> 2010/1/24 Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o>: |
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>>> On 01/24/2010 03:02 PM, Ben de Groot wrote: |
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>>>> You can't have functioning package management without the hard |
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>>>> dependencies it requires. So both portage and python should be in the |
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>>>> system set. |
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>>> Why should we keep redundant information in the list? |
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>> How is that redundant? |
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>> Cheers, |
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> The problem the original poster wanted to solve is having a warning when |
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> trying to unmerge something in "system". The best way here is to file a |
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> Portage enhancement request and not pollute the profile system set |
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> marking. The purpose of the packages file is to describe what needs to |
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> be installed for a minimal system to work so it doesn't make sense to |
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> pollute it with implementation details. |
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> Regards, |
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> Petteri |
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Since unmerging python results in a broken system, I'm not sure how this |
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"pollutes" anything. The system set is to maintain a working and |
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bootable system that can install packages and portage requires python to |
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work. What good is a Gentoo system without a working package manager? |
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Is there something that I am missing here? For me, system should |
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include the things needed for booting and for the package manager to |
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work. If it can't contain python then portage has a problem. As I |
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pointed out in another reply, portage won't let you unmerge itself but |
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it will let you unmerge a package that will render portage useless. If |
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I can unmerge python then portage should just go ahead and let me |
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unmerge portage itself too. At least it is easier to repair removing |
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portage. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |