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On 01/01/09 Neil Bothwick said: |
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> This is different in that the problem is not detected until the emerge |
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> starts, but portage could skip this package and carry on with the rest, |
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> issuing an elog message explaining what happened and how to force an |
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> install if that's what you really want. |
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Yes, that would have been helpful. The message in fact was very helpful in |
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showing me how to fix the problem, and I am thankful that the effort was taken |
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as Gentoo is still a little new to me (I come from Debian/RedHat land mostly). |
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I'm not against the warning, as the subject of this thread states, it just |
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came a little late. :) |
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I like Gentoo, but I find it in the wrong in this particular case. |
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Cheers, |
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Mike |
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca> |
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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a |
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touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." |
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--Albert Einstein |
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