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On Thu, 2004-03-11, 10:46:55 +0900, in |
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<200403111046.55363.jstubbs@g.o>, Jason Stubbs |
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<jstubbs@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 11 March 2004 08:25, George Shapovalov wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> Emerge now checks to see if a package listed in the world file is |
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> installed before doing anything with it. If it's not installed, it is |
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> skipped. |
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I've noticed. |
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I can see three ways portage could respond to additions to the world |
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file: |
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1. skip the added package |
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2. install the added package |
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3. abort due to state file inconsistency |
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Of the three, I would select #2. I would be hard-pressed to choose |
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between #1 and #3 as the lesser of two evils. My initial instinct is to |
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avoid arbitrary crashes, but if installing packages found in the world |
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file is dangerous, perhaps a stronger reaction may be in order. |
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Perhaps somebody could seed my memepool on this issue. |
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-- |
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Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? |
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Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. |
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--Ghost in the Shell |
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