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From: Samuel Bernardo <samuelbernardo.mail@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: "emerge --sync" vs "emaint sync"
Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:19:45
Message-Id: f634b6ed-f6bd-ac61-970e-cfd42f459b6f@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: "emerge --sync" vs "emaint sync" by Zac Medico
1 Well I use eix-sync...
2
3 As I can see in comment in the script beginning eix-sync uses emerge --sync:
4
5 > This script calls emerge --sync and shows the differences.
6 So that kind of transition to emaint sync would require a review from
7 the current tools.
8
9 On 5/6/20 11:11 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
10 > On 5/6/20 3:02 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
11 >> All,
12 >>
13 >> I know that most of our documentation tells people to use "emerge --sync";
14 >> however, today I heard about "emaint sync" for the first time. ;-)
15 >>
16 >> Which one should we use? Will there be a phase-out for "emerge --sync" or
17 >> "emaint sync"? Are the plans to keep both available?
18 > I'm strongly against removal of emerge --sync, since I don't want to
19 > deal with inevitable backlash from trying to force users to change their
20 > habits for no apparent reason.
21 >
22 >> Thanks,
23 >>
24 >> William
25 >>
26 >

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