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On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:43:53 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: |
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> That is correct. What are the disadvantages besides the longer seeks for |
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> updates? |
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What longer seeks? --update only check one level of dependencies for |
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updates, a few seconds at most. That's nothing compared with the time you |
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could spend trying to fix a broken system. |
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> I have no problem with the redundant cruft - when I want just to try |
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> some package I do "emerge --pretend" and record the list of dependencies |
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> it wants to pull-in. If I decide the package is not useful to me, I |
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> "un-emerge" not only the package, but also the dependencies it had |
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> pulled-in during its installation. |
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What if you installed something else with overlapping dependencies |
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between merging and unmerging? You'll break it because you have removed |
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its dependencies. |
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The world file is part of how portage manages dependencies, pollute it |
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with packages that should not be there and portage will not work as it |
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should. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world. |
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