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Apparently, though unproven, at 01:48 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Peter
Humphrey did opine thusly:
> > It's quite simple logic... If a file is modified, it is no longer the
> > file portage installed, so portage does not uninstall it. If anything,
> > the problem is that the logic used by portage is too simple.
>
> I don't think it's too simple. It seems exactly right for the task to me:
> clear, predictable and easily understood.
And completely consistent with the philosophy of Gentoo, where the user is in
complete control and must make the hard decisions.
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