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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:07:33 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> > Portage gives you a big red warning if you try to do this, but it |
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> > doesn't, and shouldn't, try to stop you. What if you really want to |
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> > remove Python? Postage is not the only package manager, so python is |
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> > not compulsory. |
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> It doesn't here. Someone else did the same thing a few weeks ago with |
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> no warning or didn't mention seeing one at least. I've read where |
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> others have done this too. |
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have changed. |
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You're right. It used to do this if you tried to remove anything from |
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@system, but this appears to |
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> It just seems to me that portage should keep it so it can work. It |
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> needs python to do that. Since portage is the package manager for |
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> Gentoo, portage is the one that should be protected. |
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Portage is A package manager, but if you are using portage to remove |
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packages, it should be intelligent about removing its own dependencies. |
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Taken more globally, maybe portage should warn whenever you are trying to |
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remove a package that is a dependency of anything in @world. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. |
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