Re: [gentoo-dev] Sets vs Meta ebuilds

[Brian Evans]

On 7/7/2017 12:32 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:

> I think sets have benefits over meta packages. This was the most
> comprehensive document on sets, benefits, uses, etc. Other than the
> general docs on the wiki.
> https://makuro.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/intro-to-portage-sets/
>
> I  would really like to be able to use package sets in profiles. I
> think of use and benefit to others as well.
>

Beware of sets.. if you put toolchain packages in a set and later do
'emerge --unmerge @custom-set' , emerge will happily destroy your toolchain.

Brian