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On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:41:37 -0400 |
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Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I've got more years on gentoo that most of you. |
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I wonder how you determined that, but it doesn't matter; it's the |
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content of posts that reveal cluelessness quotient, not a clock. |
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> I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting |
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> to cause problems |
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You joined the wrong list -- this one's for helping each other. |
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Unfortunately, I don't know what is the right list for informing the |
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world that portage is malicious and out to get you. |
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> I am speaking from many years of experience with weekly updates when I |
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> tell you that ubuntu-style "update everything while I go play Space |
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> Invaders" (Or Kerbal Space Program) absolutely does work unless emerge |
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> decides to get stupid and look for excuses not to do what you asked it |
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> to. |
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That's funny, IME portage is better at automagically resolving blockers |
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than it ever was in the past. Then again, I don't know how it was |
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before 2001. |
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(Sorry, everyone. I'll try to quit feeding it, I promise.) |
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