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On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 21:00, ashish gawarikar wrote: |
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> The advantage of doing this is viz: |
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> 1. QA has to test one huge download and dont have to test different |
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> scenarios. |
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If the dependencies that have been added to the package get updates at |
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different times (which they invariably will) then as soon as you install |
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it you will already have an out-of date system and have to revert back |
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to portage to update, you may as well have used portage to begin with |
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> 2. You exactly know what packages you are getting in this download |
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The exact dependency packages that you are getting are already listed in |
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the ebuild |
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> 3. You have to issue one-and-only-one command for upgrade |
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You can already just update all the packages on your system with 1 |
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command. |
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George Prowse <cokehabit2003@××××××××.uk> |
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