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Nick Jones wrote: |
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| If it isn't merged, it isn't a candidate for world. If it isn't |
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| explicitly merged, it won't be added. Not a bug as I see it. If |
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| you care to make a contrary argument, I'll consider it. |
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I feel the world file should be updated regardless if the package is |
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already installed or not. |
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You say that it won't be added "if it isn't explicitly merged." Do mean |
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explicit in the sense that the user asked for it, or in the sense of it |
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merely actually happening, in the case when it isn't already installed? |
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~ In my opinion, "emerge -u foo" is just as explicit as "emerge foo." In |
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either case, the user has asked to install foo. With -u, the user has |
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asked for more things to happen in addition to installing foo. |
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Emerge will short-circuit an install with -u if a package is already |
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up-to-date, acting similar to the -n option. This should be considered |
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a special case. If the package is not already installed, foo does get |
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added to the world file. But, in our special case, it does not. I feel |
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this behavior is inconsistent. The user shouldn't be required to |
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anticipate when this special case may occur. |
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I cannot come up with an argument to support adding a package to the |
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world file during an update except when the package is already |
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installed. The package should either be added to the world file in all |
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cases or no cases, with -u. Since there is a --oneshot option, it makes |
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more sense to add the package to the world file by default. |
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- - Robert |
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