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From: Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage no longer in world?
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:17:02
Message-Id: 20110805021542.GA20505@math.princeton.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] portage no longer in world? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:10:25AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > > Though it is silly IMHO that portage would want to remove itself
3 > > with depclean. Could it not be hardcoded into portage that it
4 > > should try to keep itself updated and not commit suicide?
5 > > (Independently of the @system sets.)
6 >
7 > What about replacing portage with paludis? In your scenario, portage
8 > could not do that.
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10 emerge paludis and then use paludis to remove portage?
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14 Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu
15 Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
16 et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton