RE: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Add --autounmask-write-retry feature.

[Wade Cline]

That is correct, although I was not aware of it at the time.

Shortly after submitting the patch, Brian Dolbec gave me some
useful feedback but I have not yet taken the time to implement it.
From skimming e-mail headers, though, it looks like the autounmask
feature is undergoing changes, so I'll have to look at those
changes and re-base the code before the next revision.

Thank you,
Wade

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> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:32:18 -0700
> From: zmedico@g.o
> To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o; wadecline@×××××××.com
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Add --autounmask-write-retry feature.
>
> On 05/19/2014 09:43 AM, Wade Cline wrote:
> > This patch allows users to re-attempt an emerge after USE flag changes
> > have been automatically written via --autounmask-write, allowing easier
> > installation of ebuilds when users are not concerned about USE flag
> > details. Previously, users would have needed to invoke emerge multiple
> > times.
> >
> > Implementation was choosen based off of what was possible for me to get
> > working at the time. Based on Portage 2.2.10_p25_p484922.
> > ---
>
> If I understand correctly, this works under the assumption that the user
> has CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/portage" or something like that?
> Otherwise, it won't work, because the user needs to run etc-update or
> dispatch-conf. Right?
> --
> Thanks,
> Zac