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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 16 Aug 2016 16:58:20 hw wrote: |
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>> The messages are cryptic, and you have to guess what they are trying to |
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>> tell you. |
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> *Guess?* Good God, man. You don't guess - you use your experience and your |
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> logical reasoning to deduce likely cause and effect. |
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Well, on this one I have to admit I sometimes feel like I'm breaking |
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on the divining rods when I get errors from portage. I don't think |
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anybody is really satisfied with them. The devs have been doing what |
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they can to improve this but I think the issue is that portage often |
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realizes that something is wrong, but it can't really tell what. |
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Often this is the result of poor developer practices. Just as often |
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adding --backtrack to the options fixes it. |
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Rich |
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