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>From: Alain Penders <alain@g.o> |
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>To: gentoo-dev@g.o |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage as a dependency |
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>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:06:47 -0700 |
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>I would hope that people rsync before installing new packages -- saves |
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>having |
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>to install them twice. After the rsync, if you run emerge -up world, |
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>you'll |
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>get a specific message in the package list about a new portage being |
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>available. Isn't this and the general knowledge that Gentoo hinges on |
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>portage |
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>enough for people to update portage before emerging other packages? |
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Well, it wasn't entirely obvious to me. However, that's probably because I'm |
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too new @ the concept of portage. If you guys are going after a certain type |
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of technical user, then it's no big deal, but if you are going after user |
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friendliness, then there should be more done to prevent problems. |
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Sincerely, and with thanks, |
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Eugene T.S. Wong |
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