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Hi Jason, |
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Please please do continue posting to the list. That's what it's for :) |
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As for the unresolved issues -- the glibc/gcc one you should probably |
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open a bug about it at bugs.gentoo.org |
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The metadata one is best answered by carpaski who is currently (as of |
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last night) 400 emails behind on this list, due to mail server issues |
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that he's had. As for the uninstalling one -- that's also a portage |
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issue. I might suggest coming to irc.freenode.net into the |
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#gentoo-portage irc channel to discuss that kinda thing. The clobbering |
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issue is something that needs to be addressed, and will be in a future |
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iteration of portage, to be sure. |
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Essentially, I think the idea is to *before* merging into the live |
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filesystem, check that a file is not duplicate; if it is, back it up |
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into a tarball and store that. That way when the new package is |
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unmerged, leaving the old package only, then the previously stored stuff |
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can be restored. Dunno if that makes sense or no. In many cases like |
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su, and ping and stuff like that, a decision is usually made after some |
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developer discussion to just axe it out from one of the packages, |
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because the other one has a superior implementation. |
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Hope that helps, and sorry if you felt lost in the flotsam and jetsam of |
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the list. It's honestly nothing personal, it's just the high traffic |
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that -dev generates these days. And of course, you're always welcome to |
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chat with developers and users in a more real time sense on the irc |
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network. |
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Good luck, |
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