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On 11 February 2016 at 13:42, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'm not sure why I'd want to set a preference and then just have the |
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> system ignore it without telling me. If I tell it I want a flag |
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> on/off then yell at me if it is a problem. |
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I "prefer" not to pull in python packages and build python support for |
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versions of python I'm trying to prune from my tree. |
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But my "preference" in regard is not a useful preference, because |
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portage doesn't care about my preference when another package states |
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it will fail unless I do otherwise. |
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Hence, this requires me to lie to portage about what my preferences |
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are to get it to play ball, constantly going "Hey portage, I actually |
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want python 2.7 shit, please install it". |
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And after that point, it thinks I want python 2.7 shit, even if |
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nothing else needs it, because I've now said "I need it" as a side |
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effect of some package forcing my hand. |
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At least this way, instead of saying "I need it", I'd be saying "I |
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will permit this", but my preference is to the contrary, and "Please |
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respect my contrary preference as soon as it becomes viable to do so" |
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Kent |
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KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL |
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