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On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 08:36:56AM -0400, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> We have no control over what Apple will do for a 10.3 -> 10.4 upgrade |
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> which is why IMHO the smokes and mirrors with paths is the best option. |
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> You can't go replacing primary OSX files with GNU ones and expect |
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> everything to be fine when OSX can fex. overwrite GNU sed with it's own |
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> version upon upgrade, or security release or whatnot. Then the user is |
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> screwed. I would expect similar behavior on BSD. Portage is not the |
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> primary handler of the system and it shouldn't try to be. |
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Phrased much less sarcastically then I did, but yeah, agreed. |
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Frankly, it nukes the usefulness of gentoo macos/osx if portage just |
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stomps whatever the hell it wants. |
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This is why collision-protect is on by default after all. |
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~brian |
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