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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] minimalistic emerge
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:44:06
Message-Id: CAATnKFAWNn=mqUuXDpGtT8ZDSNn3XW5Fc4YQ8-XT0jkA0jToSw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] minimalistic emerge by Ian Stakenvicius
1 On 9 August 2014 09:39, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
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3 > *AND* (just to tie this back) it's unlikely that this is going to
4 > actually help the original issue posted, ie, reducing the amount of
5 > dependency updates being done "unnecessarily" on a system, or making
6 > blind/automated system updates (of the type mentioned in the thread)
7 > less susceptible to system breakage.
8 >
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10 Yeah, if anything, that system is more likely to isolate previously unknown
11 incompatibilities, establish *tighter* dependency ranges in order to
12 satisfy them, and require *more* revision bumps and require you to update
13 much more than you already do.
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15 So careful what you wish for :)
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19 Kent
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21 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL