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On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:29:48 -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: |
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> > Portage doesn't know what you want to do, so it does the safe thing |
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> > and lets you decide. Either, |
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> I don't know either. I don't want udev, udisks, hwdb or even know |
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> what they are. Somebody else wants all that stuff on my system |
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> (gentoo profile or the gentoo handbook author) and I wish that person |
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> would have addressed emerge's concerns WRT use flags. |
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They have, as far as is possible. udisks needs udev with hwdb, and the |
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ebuild tells you that when you try to merge it. An ebuild can override |
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default flag settings for itself, but not for other packages (that would |
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lead to anarchy) so it tells you what changes are needed and offers to |
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make them for you. |
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When hwdb becomes more global in scope, it may make sense to add it to |
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the desktop profiles as default, but for now it is optional. If you |
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choose a distro that offers you maximum choice over how your system is |
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built, you really shouldn't complain about being given choices... |
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Neil Bothwick |
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How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a |
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whole box to start a campfire? |
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