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From: Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 08:35:16
Message-Id: CAGDaZ_odZ8TW0+C_6UBy+9gk2_1mp1gOh+3ixs_3PXTSYVJm+g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds by Gordon Pettey
1 On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:14 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. <
4 > wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote:
5 >
6 >> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 01:03:00 +1000
7 >> Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o> wrote:
8 >>
9 >> > $ emerge -C apg
10 >> > * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer,
11 >> > use
12 >> > * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies
13 >> > before
14 >> > * removing packages.
15 >>
16 >> That is my point. That message is always there. The chance that it is
17 >> ignored is very high.
18 >>
19 >>
20 > Stop signs on the road are also always there. If you get arrested for
21 > ignoring it, it is not because the stop signs are always there, it is
22 > because you ignored it. Don't ignore the warning.
23 >
24
25 Just to be pedantic:
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27 You can usually only be arrested for felonies and misdemeanors.
28
29 Ignoring a stop sign and most traffic related offenses in general are
30 infractions or violations. For those, you just get cited with a nasty
31 ticket and an annoying fine.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o>