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On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 01:41:45PM +0000, Stroller wrote |
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> It's probably fixed in one of the updates! Why are you posting before |
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> you checked that!?!? |
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It started happening suddenly And yes, I did search bugzilla, |
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although I admit my searches aren't always perfect. And if "emerge |
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--sync" output ends up telling me there is a portage update, I do run |
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it first. |
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> > The main quirk on my mcahines is that I start USE with "-*" on all my |
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> > machines. This goes back to when the developers "in their infinite |
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> > wisdom", decided to make ipv6 a default USE flag. |
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> Why not just use -ipv6 as a global USE flag!?!? |
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> I have to admit that the Gentoo devs have in the past made decisions |
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> which have caused me to be suspicious of their sanity. But if I |
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> disagree with them over a USE flag I just add it to make.conf. |
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Because I don't want a repeat of the ipv6 fiasco where I had an almost |
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non-functional browser, mediaplayer (for internet files), etc, etc. And |
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I also had to run "emerge --newuse --update world" and inspect the |
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output from "emerge -pv --depclean" and remove additional stuff, and |
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then revdep-rebuild to clean up the resulting extra "goodies". If I |
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don't use "-*" what's the next flag that the devs will add? And how many |
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of my current packages will link against it? |
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On occasion, "emerge -pv --deep --update world" will complain that a |
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certain USE flag is required for my config. At that time, I will decide |
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if I really want the package that requires the flag, and if so, whether |
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to enable the flag globally or one-off in /etc/package.use |
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OK, so I'm a control freak. That's one reason I left Windows. I want |
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to be in charge of my machine. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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