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On 12/07/17 04:22, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> Step back for a minute, and relax. There is a reason you're getting |
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> blowback. You're asking for changes that would affect everybody else. |
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> This is similar in principle to what Lennart Poettering did, and you're |
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> getting the same reaction he got. I understand that *YOU* want changes |
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> to how Portage works on *YOUR* machine. No problem. Set |
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> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in make.conf. If you want excruciating detail on |
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> --depclean then check the small script I posted elsewhere in this |
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> thread. Portage has many customization options; use them. |
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> If you can't be bothered to use available customization options to set |
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> up your machine to your liking, but ask for a change of defaults that |
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> also affects everybody else, don't be surprised at the negative reaction. |
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> You would've gotten a much better reception, if you had gone to the |
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> gentoo-user list and asked "How do I tweak Portage to do this, that, and |
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> the other". |
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+1 |
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Of course, you can do what Poettering did, and write your own solution |
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.. or fork portage to do things the way -you- want .. but don't reinvent |
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the wheel for the rest of us .. that's what Choice and Gentoo is all |
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about ... |
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