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On Saturday 05 December 2009 21:09:50 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> Please read what I said & hopefully think briefly before responding. |
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> If the pkg is already in 'world', it's 'emerge <pkg>'; |
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> if not -- the more frequent case -- , it's 'emerge -1 <pkg>'. |
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> That keeps everything in order (yes, you have to watch what you do). |
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Rather *always* use -1, then you don't have to keep track in your head what is |
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and isn't in world. You will likely finish your update session with |
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-p --depclean anyway, so anything that should have gone into world can be |
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fixed with a quick -n followed by a --depclean for real |
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Much easier than trying to keep world in your head and avoids world pollution |
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when you will inevitably get it wrong, which requires you to examine all 128 |
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entries in world and hand-edit the file. |
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Some things in this world humans are exceptionally bad at and computers are |
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exceptionally good at. Let portage do what portage does best. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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