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From: Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:07:48
Message-Id: CAHY5MefsafMKHdzFckN_UCiV-nucAc-HLvMtSJksi+-iphKQ_A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:14 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt-ml@××××××.com>
2 wrote:
3
4 > On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 01:03:00 +1000
5 > Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o> wrote:
6 >
7 > > $ emerge -C apg
8 > > * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer,
9 > > use
10 > > * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies
11 > > before
12 > > * removing packages.
13 >
14 > That is my point. That message is always there. The chance that it is
15 > ignored is very high.
16 >
17 >
18 Stop signs on the road are also always there. If you get arrested for
19 ignoring it, it is not because the stop signs are always there, it is
20 because you ignored it. Don't ignore the warning.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> Sets vs Meta ebuilds Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com>