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On 2013-02-11, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> <whinge> |
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>> I tried doing an "emerge -auvND world" today. It's been three days |
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>> since the previous update, and today portage wants to update 1 package |
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>> and install _35_new_ones_. |
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>> Seriously? 35 new packages that I have to install on Monday that I |
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>> didn't have to have the previous Friday? A few of them are virtual |
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>> packages, but the vast majority are actual package that I neither want |
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>> nor need (other than to satisfy a requirement imposed by a new USE |
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>> flag that defaults to "on" when it should have defaulted to "off"). |
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>> I realize that every developer thinks think their pariticular package |
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>> is the greatest thing ever and should be installed on everything since |
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>> the TI SR-54 calculator, but this seems a bit silly... |
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>> </whinge> |
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> Well, use the -t option to see what pulls in what. |
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I did. I turned off about a half-dozen new USE flags and elminated 30 |
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of the new packages. My point was that in general when new stuff is |
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added, the default behavior should be "same as before" (IMO). |
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> Also, disable some USE flags that you don't want/need. Also, could |
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> some of this be the profile change? |
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Ah, that could be. When the old profile went away I picked the |
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generic "desktop" option. Eselect didn't seem to be able to tell me |
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what profile I had selected previously. |
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