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On 11/21/2010 05:27 PM, Delian Xu wrote: |
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> For example, |
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> Sometime when you install or update a package, it would failed by 'masked' |
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> reasons and you have to deal with the failure |
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> (Though you can use a auto-unmask tool here). However, users would hope |
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> the Portage / emerge system give an option |
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> to chose Y or N like this: |
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> xxx lines of information and warnings about masked package, |
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> Would you like to unmask the package and continue the installation? |
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> [Y/N]: |
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> |
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> This would be much better for all users. (It is just an example.) |
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In portage-2.1.9 there's a new --autounmask option. If you like it you |
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can use EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS to enable it by default in make.conf. |
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There are a couple of related feature requests that I should also |
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mention. Bug #258371 [1] requests the ability to automatically satisfy |
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USE dependencies. This would be similar to having --autounmask enabled |
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by default, but without requiring you to edit your config files. Bug |
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#345775 [2] requests an option for --autounmask to automatically edit |
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config files. |
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Difficulty in resolving USE dependencies is a very common complaint. For |
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example, I recently dealt with a user venting similar frustration to |
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yours on bug #345175 [3]. |
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It's worth mentioning that that there may be a lot of cases in which we |
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can use IUSE defaults to satisfy reverse USE dependencies, without add |
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adding any bloat. I would encourage ebuild developers to look for |
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opportunities like this whenever adding USE dependencies. |
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[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258371 |
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[2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345775 |
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[3] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345175 |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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