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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ncurses: reductio ad absurdum
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:51:35
Message-Id: 55E0837C.80608@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ncurses: reductio ad absurdum by Alec Ten Harmsel
1 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
2 > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:20:34AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
3 >> 150828 Rich Freeman wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> git whatchanged /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses > /tmp/log.txt
6 >> Tested as user :
7 >>
8 >> 690: ~> git whatchanged /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses > tmp/log.txt
9 >> fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /home)
10 >> Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
11 > You would need to change the gentoo repo in repos.conf to sync with git
12 > instead of rsync (or whatever you're currently using).
13 >
14 >> I hope it's not going to be a requirement for Gentoo users
15 >> that they become experts in using Git.
16 > Not normal users, no. Anyone who is trying to debug issues with
17 > ebuilds/portage is not a `normal user', but performing the functions of
18 > a developer and therefore should have a minimal knowledge of the
19 > relevant development tools.
20 >
21 > Alec
22 >
23 >
24
25
26 I'm as far away from being a developer as one can get and even I go dig
27 sometimes. It seems git is going to put a stop to that tho. o_O I
28 have yet to make any sense of this git stuff. I'm not complaining about
29 the change just pointing out that I haven't figured out the change yet,
30 and may not ever.
31
32 Dale
33
34 :-) :-)