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On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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<chithanh@g.o> wrote: |
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> Assume a new version 13.37 of your package manager drops EAPI=1 support. |
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> So package-manager-13.37.ebuild checks in pkg_pretend() if any EAPI=1 |
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> package is installed on the system. If yes, then it aborts, telling the |
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> user to get rid of the package first. |
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> That way, the situation where the package manager does not know how to |
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> uninstall a package is avoided. |
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I take it that removing a package without using a package manager is |
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left as an exercise to the reader? |
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Rich |
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