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On 01/19/2012 07:33 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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> However, it could be argued that the various boilerplate "handholding" |
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> we're already doing has set the precedent. That's actually where I got |
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> the idea, after all. But I'm not going to argue it. I'd be more |
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> inclined to argue that we're already over the line in some places, and |
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> that if users really need this, they really should consider a different |
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> distribution as gentoo's obviously not right for them. |
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If they don't recognize the connection between --newuse and rebuilds, |
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then I think it's pretty clear that they need to spend some time with |
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the man page to learn the meanings of the options that they're using. |
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> So yeah, a mention of --exclude in the manpage's --newuse discussion |
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> sounds quite balanced, to me. =:^) |
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http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=b6c51afdaa69eb648cd71e07c880051bf734b8cd |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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