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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] On the good usage of subslots
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:21:51
Message-Id: 511960E5.3020000@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] On the good usage of subslots by James Cloos
1 On 02/11/2013 12:53 PM, James Cloos wrote:
2 >>>>>> "AB" == Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> writes:
3 >
4 > AB> Well, if we have to advertise the usage of this option that basically
5 > AB> disables subslot rebuilds, it only means we are doing something
6 > AB> seriously wrong with subslots :=)
7 >
8 > So far, I've found the sub slots to be more of a pain in the ass than
9 > helpful.
10 >
11 > They get in the way of things like automated 'emerge --sync;emerge -upvDN',
12 > since portage craps out complaining about the subslots rather than showing
13 > the list of what need to be built.
14 >
15 > Perhaps that is just an implementation detail to be worked out, but for now
16 > they haven't done anything helpful here.
17
18 It sounds like this bug:
19
20 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456340
21
22 I hope to have it fixed soon (maybe today).
23 --
24 Thanks,
25 Zac