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211103 Joshua Kinard wrote: |
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> That all said, am I alone in thinking |
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> the way Portage emits error messages about dependency resolution problems |
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> is extremely messy and border-line unreadable at times? |
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> The current way it outputs depgraph errors |
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> feels like something I'd expect from a --debug switch. |
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> We've got a reputation for being playful and colorful on the command line |
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> with our tooling, so I would wonder if that depgraph output |
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> couldn't be made to look....nicer? |
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As a longtime user, I can say you aren't alone (smile). |
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Portage error msgs are difficult to read & often simply unhelpful. |
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