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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-*
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:39:28
Message-Id: 200307301039.24918.vapier@gentoo.org
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4 so i guess people are using KEYWORDS=-* because they dont want ppl easily
5 emerging a package that will break them ... specifically the latest gcc/glibc
6 ebuilds ... now while i agree that they are not suitable for stable or
7 unstable systems, and maybe too risky even for package.mask, it is a pita to
8 emerge these suckers and then safely keep them on youur system ...
9
10 what i propose is that people who make ebuilds with KEYWORDS=-* add in an
11 extra little word, namely 'pleasebreakme'. that is, from now on, have it
12 read:
13 KEYWORDS="-* pleasebreakme"
14 that way i can do ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=pleasebreakme and get access to these
15 packages.
16
17 thoughts ?
18 - -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-* Dhruba Bandopadhyay <dhruba@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-* Matt Rickard <frogger@g.o>