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On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:27:20 -0700 |
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Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> The defaults certainly do not work perfectly in all situations. However, |
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> there are a vast number of situations where using --autounmask-continue |
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> will make appropriate package.mask changes without the need for any user |
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> intervention. |
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Its really handy for use flags. |
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Its really handy for mixed arch/~arch where it promotes arch to ~arch as needed. |
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Its really really bad however to have a default of accepting ** and |
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package.unmask as a primary go-to solution. |
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That default gets people using broken openssl and experimental packages |
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blindly without them ever having intended on getting into experimental |
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waters. |