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On 04/26/2015 04:48 PM, james wrote: |
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> One simple fix is this blockage of packages that do not need to be blocked. |
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> When I wait more than 5 or 6 days to update, I often get many packages to |
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> build, running something like 'emerge -uDNvp world'. Yes I know I can sit |
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> there and go through every package with --ask, but that is a huge |
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> waist of time, particularly if you poll user desires. So I find all |
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> the packages (ugly little cut|awk|sed|paste script) and install everything |
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> that is not really block. Source && update and then concentrate on the |
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> actual blockage. I'd be surprised if this is anything other than a trivial |
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> fix to portage (hello no, I'm not working on portage!; Zac is very smart and |
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> capable and look how he struggles...). |
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File a bug for this! I've wished for it myself. Maybe it's easy to do |
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and it doesn't exist because nobody has asked. |
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