Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] sets remove support replacement?

[Zac Medico]

Duncan wrote:
> Now remove sets don't work.  What are the options?  The most direct is to
> simply create my own set listing everything I want, but that won't
> account for anything added to the sets as they appear upstream over
> time.  What to do about that?
>
> I suppose I could create an update script that diffs the new kde-testing
> set against a copy I stashed somewhere, thus showing me the differences,
> and that I could then update my own set and the stashed copy of the
> upstream set accordingly.  Is that the best option under the
> circumstances, or does portage provide some other replacement for the
> functionality I just lost in that regard, with the loss of remove set
> functionality?

There's no replacement for it yet, so yes, for now that seems like
the best option if you need such fine-grained control.
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Thanks,
Zac