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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:11:27PM +0000, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I would like to raise the following quibbles with portage. When I say |
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> world file below I am referring to /var/cache/edb/world. |
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> (1) Certain packages remain in world file even when uninstalled. |
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Bug. |
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> (2) Certain packages are installed but not added to world file. |
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> E.g. If I install evolution and that installs mozilla as a dependency |
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> then mozilla is not put in world file. |
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Not a bug. Dependencies don't go into world, only explicitly merged |
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packages. |
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> (3) Sometimes pinning an item in world file like '>=net-www/mozilla-1.3' |
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> does not stop an 'emerge -up -deep world' from downgrading it because |
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> another package like evolution wants an older version. |
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Not a bug. Do you _really_ want the world file to be able to break |
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dependencies? |
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[snip] |
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Jon Portnoy |
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